Sonjong Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Sonjong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Sonjong (12) may also be a first name.
Sonjong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonjong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonjong occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonjong? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Sonjong live; 83 percent live in Central Africa and 83 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most common given name at a global level It is held by 12 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon Sonjong is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 59 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 34 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Sonjong is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Sonjong
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