Sonday Surname
Approximately 5,663 people bear this surname
Sonday Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,807 | 1:46,531 | 3,618 |
| South Africa | 1,003 | 1:54,016 | 6,871 |
| United States | 467 | 1:776,143 | 60,198 |
| Philippines | 173 | 1:585,192 | 64,333 |
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
| Afghanistan | 27 | 1:1,190,859 | 10,584 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 78 | 1:643,829 | 42,510 |
Sonday (5,764) may also be a first name.
Sonday Demographics
Average Sonday Salary in
United States
$37,993 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sonday Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonday Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonday (Marathi: डय) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sonday.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonday? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sonday is the 85,222nd most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,286,870 people. Sonday occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Sonday are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 87,915th most commonly held forename globally. It is borne by 5,764 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,807 people, or 1 in 46,531. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 57 percent live, Kano, where 24 percent live and Imo, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria Sonday exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Sonday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sonday has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sonday last name grew 599 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sonday Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sonday last name is chiefly Christian (77%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Sonday surname are 17.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.89% being registered with the party.
The amount Sonday earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 31.18% more than the national average, earning R 311,736 per year and in United States they earn 11.95% less than the national average, earning $37,993 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonday Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonday in the Marathi language | ||
| डय | daya | 50 |
| सोनदास | sonadasa | 50 |
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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 Sonday
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