Sonibare Surname

239,503rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,672 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sonibare Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonibare Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,6311:108,6107,256
England191:2,932,529101,561
United States141:25,889,924709,614
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Sonibare (80) may also be a first name.

Sonibare Last Name Facts

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

Sonibare is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonibare? popularity and diffusion

Sonibare is the 239,503rd most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,358,580 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sonibare live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 80 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,631 people, or 1 in 108,610. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 30 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Ogun, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Sonibare Last Name Statistics demography

Sonibare earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 77.92% more than the national average, earning $76,771 USD per year.

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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 Sonibare
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