Sonfada Surname

579,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 542 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sonfada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sonfada Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5411:327,43617,929
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sonfada (72) may also be a first name.

Sonfada Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sonfada is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonfada? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sonfada is the 579,404th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sonfada are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sonfada is also the 1,143,416th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 72 people.

Sonfada is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 541 people, or 1 in 327,436. In Nigeria Sonfada is most numerous in: Niger, where 96 percent live, Sokoto, where 3 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 0 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sonfaada931/
Sanfada861/
Sonfade861/
Saunfada801/
Janfada71147/
Samfada713/
Zanfada711/
Djanfada678/
Seunfade671/
Sotinfode6397/
Samphada531/
Sunphatdi50141/
Somphadee501/
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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 Sonfada
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