Sonfolo Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Sonfolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonfolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast301:769,04120,891
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Sonfolo (358) may also be a first name.

Sonfolo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sonfolo has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sonfolo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonfolo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sonfolo is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sonfolo live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 460,276th most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 358 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 769,041. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Savanes District, where 83 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 3 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 3 percent reside. Besides The Ivory Coast this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coinfolo801/
Schonfelo751/
Somfulo717/
Sonfula714/
Somfola714/
Confalo711/
Gionfalo673/
Somfula57253/
Confală571/
Somfela571/
Sanfula570/
Janfolat532/
Sanfulla531/
Zanfolia531/

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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
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  • 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 Sonfolo
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