Sonds Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Sonds Surname Definition:

A variant of Sands, q.v.

Fer in Northumberlond the wawe hire [wave her] caste, And in the sond hir ship stiked so faste.— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, B 508-9.

Sonds Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Sonds (545) may also be a first name.

Sonds Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A variant of Sands, q.v.

Fer in Northumberlond the wawe hire [wave her] caste, And in the sond hir ship stiked so faste.— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, B 508-9.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Sonds Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sonds occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonds? popularity and diffusion

Sonds is the 1,038,570th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. Sonds is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sonds live; 88 percent live in North Africa and 88 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 360,901st most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 545 people.

The last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Barring Egypt Sonds exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live and Pakistan, where 0 percent live.

Sonds Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sonds has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sonds surname rose 2,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sonds Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sonds last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

Sonds earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.82% more than the national average, earning $48,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sounds912/
Sconds911/
Shonds911/
Sond891,212/
Shounds830/
Sands8044,062/
Sound801,319/
Sondh801,074/
Sunds8087/
Sonts8051/
Soond8033/
Sondt8021/
Shond8021/
Jonds804/
Conds804/
Sonnd802/
Sondz801/
Shands731,930/
Shonts73381/
Sandås73255/
Saunds7387/
Soundh7356/
Sundås7354/
Soundz7348/
Schond7330/
Sandst7318/
Soondh735/
Sandse735/
Connds733/
Sandsh732/
Coonds732/
Sandsø732/
Santds731/
Sounts731/
Sontse731/
Sandss731/
Sonsci731/
Sonycs731/
Sontsh731/
Sandds731/
Shound731/
Shends731/
Shunds730/
Shomds730/
Zounds730/
Suonnd730/
Sannds730/
Sand6731,396/
Zond67700/
Sonc67167/
Sont67167/
Sandstå67114/
Sonz6781/
Sandstø6753/
Somd6719/
Sundstø677/
Sondová677/
Sundsås676/
Schonts676/
Sonehed675/
Sondova675/
Schands673/
Xond672/
Schondt671/
Shoundh671/
Shontts670/
Shoonts670/

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