Sonaye Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Sonaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 105 | 1:7,305,385 | 159,213 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Sonaye (73) may also be a first name.
Sonaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonaye (Marathi: सोनाये) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sonaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,596,935th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 83 percent of Sonaye live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 80 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,134,117th most common forename on earth It is held by 73 people.
The surname Sonaye is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 7,305,385. In India Sonaye is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 88 percent live, Chhattisgarh, where 8 percent live and Goa, where 4 percent live. Besides India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonaye in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनाये | sonaye | 96.88 |
| सोनये | sonaye | 1.56 |
| सोङये | sonaye | 1.56 |
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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 Sonaye
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