Sonesen Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Sonesen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonesen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Norway681:75,62210,585
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sonesen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sonesen is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonesen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sonesen is the 1,380,086th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. Sonesen is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Sonesen live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Sonesen is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 4,264,223. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Wyoming, where 36 percent are found, New York, where 12 percent are found and California, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States Sonesen is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 43 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.

Sonesen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sonesen surname are 23.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70% registered with the political party.

The amount Sonesen earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 9.75% more than the national average, earning 379,811 kr per year and in United States they earn 10.61% less than the national average, earning $38,571 USD per year.

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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 Sonesen
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