Sonayan Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Sonayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 69 | 1:42,466 | 2,208 |
| Russia | 35 | 1:4,117,802 | 198,221 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sonayan (71) may also be a first name.
Sonayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonayan (Arabic: سونايان, Marathi: सोनायन, Russian: Сонаян) is borne by more people in Armenia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonayan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sonayan is the 1,727,723rd most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Sonayan live; 62 percent live in West Asia and 62 percent live in Armeno-West Asia. It is also the 1,152,838th most widely held first name globally It is held by 71 people.
The surname Sonayan is most commonly used in Armenia, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 42,466. In Armenia it is most prevalent in: Shirak Province, where 58 percent reside, Lori Province, where 13 percent reside and Kotayk Province, where 12 percent reside. Other than Armenia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 31 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonayan in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनायन | sonayana | - |
| Sonayan in the Russian language | ||
| Сонаян | sonaan | - |
| Sonayan in the Arabic language | ||
| سونايان | swnayan | - |
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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 Sonayan
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