Sonelo Surname
Approximately 412 people bear this surname
Sonelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 409 | 1:129,442 | 12,139 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Sonelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonelo is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sonelo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonelo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 711,133rd most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 17,688,218 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sonelo live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 409 people, or 1 in 129,442. In Tanzania Sonelo is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 59 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 23 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 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 Sonelo
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