Sonbu Surname
Approximately 858 people bear this surname
Sonbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 849 | 1:150,582 | 7,667 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Sonbu (17) may also be a first name.
Sonbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonbu is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonbu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 407,730th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,493,643 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sonbu are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname Sonbu is most common in Japan, where it is carried by 849 people, or 1 in 150,582. In Japan Sonbu is most frequent in: Nagasaki Prefecture, where 20 percent are found, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 19 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Japan this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Taiwan, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonbut | 91 | 242 | / |
| Sonbud | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sonbou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Shonbut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sounbou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Soinbou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sanbu | 80 | 2,953 | / |
| Sombu | 80 | 939 | / |
| Sonwu | 80 | 226 | / |
| Sunbu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Jonbu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Shonbuuz | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sombut | 73 | 2,587 | / |
| Sanbui | 73 | 2,460 | / |
| Sunbut | 73 | 377 | / |
| Sombou | 73 | 100 | / |
| Sanbut | 73 | 49 | / |
| Sanbhu | 73 | 41 | / |
| Shombu | 73 | 27 | / |
| Sanbou | 73 | 14 | / |
| Jhonbu | 73 | 13 | / |
| Sombud | 73 | 11 | / |
| Shenbu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Chonbu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Shanbu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Jonnbu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Sombuu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Sonwou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shunbu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sombus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sunbui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soonwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanbus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soumbu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanbud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sombau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sunbud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schoenbau | 71 | 0 | / |
| Soumbou | 67 | 2,196 | / |
| Chonbut | 67 | 280 | / |
| Zounbou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Shanbhu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sonvaux | 67 | 8 | / |
| Johnbou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shanbuy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sanbhus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sombuth | 67 | 2 | / |
| Soumbeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Soombut | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sunbout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sianbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanbout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chonbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soimbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shombui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanbudh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanbuth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanbouz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shanbut | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sonbu
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