Sonjai Surname
Approximately 737 people bear this surname
Sonjai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 731 | 1:96,632 | 13,734 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Sonjai (291) may also be a first name.
Sonjai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonjai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonjai (Marathi: सोन्जई) has its highest incidence in Thailand. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sonjai.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonjai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 458,583rd most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,888,122 people. The surname Sonjai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sonjai are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Sonjai is also the 517,703rd most common first name internationally. It is borne by 291 people.
Sonjai is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is borne by 731 people, or 1 in 96,632. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Surin Province, where 27 percent are found, Kanchanaburi Province, where 13 percent are found and Bangkok, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Thailand this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonjai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonjai in the Marathi language | ||
| सोन्जई | sonja'i | 66.67 |
| सोनाजी | sonaji | 33.33 |
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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 Sonjai
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