Sonawal Surname

684,148th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 434 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Sonawal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonawal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India4331:1,771,51463,254
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 surname Sonawal (Marathi: सोनवाल, Oriya: ସନୱାଲ) is found most frequently in India. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sonawal.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonawal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sonawal is the 684,148th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,791,580 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sonawal are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sonawal is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 21 people.

This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 433 people, or 1 in 1,771,514. In India it is most frequent in: Assam, where 95 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 3 percent are found and Arunachal Pradesh, where 2 percent are found. Outside of India this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sonawal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sonawal in the Oriya language
ସନୱାଲsanawala-
Sonawal in the Marathi language
सोनवालsonavala40
सोनवळsonavala30
सोनवणेsonavane10
सोनोवालsonovala10
सोनावलsonavala10

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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
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  • 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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