Sonbola Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Sonbola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonbola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Sonbola (14) may also be a first name.

Sonbola Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sonbola Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sonbola is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonbola? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Sonbola reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 14 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Sonbola is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Sonbola exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 25 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 25 percent reside.

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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 Sonbola
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