Sonfo Surname
Approximately 504 people bear this surname
Sonfo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 452 | 1:37,542 | 1,092 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sonfo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonfo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonfo is held by more people in Mali than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonfo? popularity and diffusion
Sonfo is the 612,595th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,459,416 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sonfo reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Mande Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Mali, where it is carried by 452 people, or 1 in 37,542. Aside from Mali this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shonfo | 91 | 64 | / |
| Sounfo | 91 | 11 | / |
| Sonffo | 91 | 4 | / |
| Sonfou | 91 | 2 | / |
| Sohnfo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sanfo | 80 | 58,227 | / |
| Sonfa | 80 | 43 | / |
| Sunfo | 80 | 12 | / |
| Confo | 80 | 8 | / |
| Jonfo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zonfo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sounfous | 77 | 1 | / |
| Confoy | 73 | 113 | / |
| Sonpho | 73 | 101 | / |
| Sanfou | 73 | 31 | / |
| Suonfa | 73 | 31 | / |
| Somfoo | 73 | 14 | / |
| Confoo | 73 | 8 | / |
| Sanfod | 73 | 7 | / |
| Sanfoo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Djonfo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tjonfo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sanffo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sonfeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Zounfo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sonfah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sounfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ssanfo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanfoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanfoz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sannfo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sunfoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Conffo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sunfoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zonfgo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanfos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sunfoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sanfop | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sonphot | 67 | 672 | / |
| Sounpho | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sonfast | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sonphoo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Djounfo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Johnfoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sanhfoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonhfeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Johnfoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanfoss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanfoot | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sanfoud | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sonfo
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