Sonba Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Sonba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Sonba (5,557) may also be a first name.
Sonba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonba (Hindi: सोनबा, Marathi: सोनबा) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sonba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sonba is the 2,776,799th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Sonba reside; 33 percent reside in South Asia and 27 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 89,950th most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 5,557 people.
The surname Sonba is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 10,173,015. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and India, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonba in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनबा | sonaba | - |
| Sonba in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनबा | sonaba | 99.49 |
| सोनट | sonata | 0.1 |
| सोनाबा | sonaba | 0.04 |
| सोनू | sonu | 0.02 |
| सोनोबा | sonoba | 0.01 |
| सोनब | sonaba | 0.01 |
| सोन्का | sonka | 0.01 |
| सॉनबा | sonaba | 0.01 |
| सोनवा | sonava | 0.01 |
| सोणबा | sonaba | 0.01 |
| सोना | sona | 0.01 |
| सोनन | sonana | 0.01 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sonba
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