Soniah Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Soniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 170 | 1:777,936 | 59,310 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Soniah (1,551) may also be a first name.
Soniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soniah occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soniah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,248,410th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Soniah live; 94 percent live in Southeast Asia and 94 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 196,784th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 1,551 people.
Soniah is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 777,936. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Java, where 56 percent reside, Central Java, where 18 percent reside and North Sumatra, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Soniah
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