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 last name Sonjo (Hindi: सोन्जो) is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonjo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 593,568th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,881,040 people. Sonjo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sonjo are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sonjo is also the 609,814th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 219 people.
Sonjo is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
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
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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 Sonjo
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