Sonawal Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Sonawal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 433 | 1:1,771,514 | 63,254 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sonawal (21) may also be a first name.
Sonawal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonawal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonawal (Marathi: सोनवाल, Oriya: ସନୱାଲ) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonawal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sonawal is the 684,148th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. The last name Sonawal is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sonawal live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 21 people.
It is most common in India, where it is borne by 433 people, or 1 in 1,771,514. In India it is most numerous in: Assam, where 95 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 3 percent reside and Arunachal Pradesh, where 2 percent reside. Not including India this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonawal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonawal in the Oriya language | ||
| ସନୱାଲ | sanawala | - |
| Sonawal in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनवाल | sonavala | 40 |
| सोनवळ | sonavala | 30 |
| सोनवणे | sonavane | 10 |
| सोनोवाल | sonovala | 10 |
| सोनावल | sonavala | 10 |
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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 Sonawal
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