Sonjay Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Sonjay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sonjay (2,334) may also be a first name.
Sonjay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonjay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonjay (Hindi: सोन्जय, Marathi: संजय) occurs most in The Philippines. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonjay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sonjay is the 6,063,924th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Sonjay occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Sonjay reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Sonjay is also the 153,987th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 2,334 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 25,309,556. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Caraga, where 100 percent live. Other than The Philippines it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 20 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonjay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonjay in the Hindi language | ||
| सोन्जय | sonjaya | - |
| Sonjay in the Marathi language | ||
| संजय | sanjaya | 50 |
| सोनजय | sonajaya | 50 |
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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 Sonjay
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