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.

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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 last name Sonfada is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonfada? popularity and diffusion

Sonfada is the 579,404th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sonfada live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 72 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 541 people, or 1 in 327,436. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Niger, where 96 percent reside, Sokoto, where 3 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 0 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.

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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