Sonar Surname
Approximately 149,022 people bear this surname
Sonar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 117,156 | 1:6,547 | 578 |
| Nepal | 27,037 | 1:1,053 | 177 |
| Bangladesh | 2,433 | 1:65,498 | 3,262 |
| Turkey | 1,134 | 1:68,626 | 6,415 |
| United Arab Emirates | 279 | 1:32,840 | 3,537 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| United States | 82 | 1:4,420,231 | 233,612 |
| Qatar | 72 | 1:32,750 | 3,419 |
| South Africa | 60 | 1:902,962 | 58,308 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Iran | 50 | 1:1,535,650 | 60,563 |
| Pakistan | 43 | 1:4,154,509 | 29,278 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| Sweden | 33 | 1:298,387 | 20,789 |
| Israel | 28 | 1:305,630 | 26,425 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 1:161,726 | 18,041 |
| Russia | 27 | 1:5,337,891 | 231,865 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Soñar (16) are calculated separately.
Sonar (4,777) may also be a first name.
Sonar Demographics
Average Sonar Salary in
United States
$55,740 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sonar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonar (Arabic: سونار, Bengali: সোনার, Hindi: सोनार, Marathi: सोनार, Oriya: େସାନାର, Russian: Сонар) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Soñar. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sonar.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sonar is the 3,769th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 48,902 people. Sonar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sonar are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 98,945th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 4,777 people.
Sonar is most common in India, where it is held by 117,156 people, or 1 in 6,547. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 53 percent reside, Gujarat, where 13 percent reside and West Bengal, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account India it occurs in 57 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 18 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 2 percent reside.
Sonar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sonar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sonar last name increased 1,640 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sonar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sonar last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sonar earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.38% less than the national average, earning R 101,280 per year and in United States they earn 29.18% more than the national average, earning $55,740 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonar in the Bengali language | ||
| সোনার | sonara | - |
| Sonar in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनार | sonara | 97.97 |
| सोनर | sonara | 0.25 |
| नर | nara | 0.16 |
| सोनी | soni | 0.1 |
| ओंकार | onkara | 0.08 |
| सोनल | sonala | 0.05 |
| सोनाली | sonali | 0.05 |
| सोणार | sonara | 0.03 |
| सोना | sona | 0.02 |
| सुनार | sunara | 0.02 |
| सोनू | sonu | 0.02 |
| सोनु | sonu | 0.02 |
| सोनार् | sonar | 0.01 |
| सोनारे | sonare | 0.01 |
| सोनाली़ | sonali | 0 |
| सोगार | sogara | 0 |
| सोार | soara | 0 |
| ओकार | okara | 0 |
| सॊनर् | sonar | 0 |
| सोनाट | sonata | 0 |
| नवृ | navr | 0 |
| सॉनार | sonara | 0 |
| सोनाजी | sonaji | 0 |
| ऒकार | okara | 0 |
| सानार | sanara | 0 |
| नारा | nara | 0 |
| सोिन | soina | 0 |
| ओनर | onara | 0 |
| सोनाऱ | sonara | 0 |
| नार | nara | 0 |
| नरे | nare | 0 |
| सोनम | sonama | 0 |
| Sonar in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାନାର | esanara | 95.96 |
| ସନାର | sanara | 1.01 |
| Sonar in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनार | sonara | 87.71 |
| सोनर | sonara | 10.61 |
| सोना | sona | 0.56 |
| सोनारा | sonara | 0.28 |
| सुनार | sunara | 0.28 |
| Sonar in the Russian language | ||
| Сонар | sonar | - |
| Sonar in the Arabic language | ||
| سونار | swnar | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sonar
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