Sonju Surname
Approximately 804 people bear this surname
Sonju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| United States | 272 | 1:1,332,570 | 92,890 |
| Japan | 152 | 1:841,081 | 18,528 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Sönju (9) are calculated separately.
Sonju (1,476) may also be a first name.
Sonju Demographics
Sonju Political Affiliation
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Sonju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonju (Bengali: সংজু, Hindi: सोनजू) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It may be found in the variant forms: Sönju. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonju? popularity and diffusion
It is the 429,044th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,064,112 people. The surname Sonju is mostly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Sonju live; 46 percent live in South Asia and 45 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sonju is also the 202,591st most commonly held first name globally, borne by 1,476 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Bangladesh, where it is held by 360 people, or 1 in 442,658. Excluding Bangladesh this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 34 percent reside and Japan, where 19 percent reside.
Sonju Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sonju surname are 17.06% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.83% being registered with the party.
Sonju earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.09% less than the national average, earning $41,817 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonju Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonju in the Bengali language | ||
| সংজু | sanju | - |
| Sonju in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनजू | sonaju | 75 |
| सोनू | sonu | 12.5 |
| सोन्जू | sonju | 12.5 |
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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 Sonju
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