Sonjo Surname
Approximately 525 people bear this surname
Sonjo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sonjo (219) may also be a first name.
Sonjo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonjo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonjo (Hindi: सोन्जो) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sonjo.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonjo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 593,568th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 13,881,040 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sonjo live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 609,814th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 219 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Other than Malawi this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonjo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonjo in the Hindi language | ||
| सोन्जो | sonjo | 66.67 |
| सोंजो | sonjo | 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
- 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 Sonjo
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