Sonja Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Sonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Šonja (3) & Soňja (1) are calculated separately.
Sonja (502,144) may also be a first name.
Sonja Demographics
Average Sonja Salary in
England
£20,487
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Sonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonja (Arabic: سنجا, Hindi: सोन्जा, Marathi: सोनजा) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Šonja or Soňja. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonja? popularity and diffusion
Sonja is the 1,666,404th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 42 percent of Sonja live; 28 percent live in Southern Africa and 28 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sonja is also the 2,012th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 502,144 people.
The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 1,641,749. In South Africa Sonja is mostly found in: Free State, where 33 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 24 percent live and Gauteng, where 18 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Sonja Last Name Statistics demography
Sonja earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.33% less than the national average, earning R 177,444 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonja in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनजा | sonaja | 97.06 |
| सोनजे | sonaje | 2.94 |
| Sonja in the Hindi language | ||
| सोन्जा | sonja | 55.56 |
| सोनजा | sonaja | 27.78 |
| सोंजा | sonja | 16.67 |
| Sonja in the Arabic language | ||
| سنجا | snja | - |
| سونجا | swnja | - |
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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 Sonja
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