Sonka Surname
Approximately 1,032 people bear this surname
Sonka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 286 | 1:1,267,339 | 89,284 |
| South Africa | 115 | 1:471,110 | 39,128 |
| Russia | 89 | 1:1,619,360 | 108,163 |
| Turkey | 84 | 1:926,446 | 43,135 |
| India | 71 | 1:10,803,738 | 202,948 |
| Poland | 69 | 1:550,851 | 51,833 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Germany | 61 | 1:1,319,762 | 83,187 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Hungary | 17 | 1:577,428 | 34,558 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Serbia | 10 | 1:714,495 | 24,752 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Šonka (212) & Soñka (15) are calculated separately.
Sonka (6,078) may also be a first name.
Sonka Demographics
Sonka Political Affiliation
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Sonka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonka (Arabic: سونكا, Georgian: სონკა, Hindi: सोनका, Marathi: सोनका, Oriya: େସାନ୍କା, Russian: Сонька) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Šonka or Soñka. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 352,942nd most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 7,061,576 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 29 percent of Sonka are found; 23 percent are found in North America and 23 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Sonka is also the 84,958th most commonly held given name internationally. It is borne by 6,078 people.
The last name Sonka is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 286 people, or 1 in 1,267,339. In The United States Sonka is most frequent in: Texas, where 24 percent are found, Illinois, where 19 percent are found and Iowa, where 10 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in 40 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 11 percent are found and Russia, where 9 percent are found.
Sonka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sonka has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 14,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sonka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sonka surname are 16.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.16% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sonka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.29% less than the national average, earning R 70,608 per year and in United States they earn 5.9% more than the national average, earning $45,693 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonka in the Georgian language | ||
| სონკა | sonka | - |
| Sonka in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାନ୍କା | esanka | - |
| Sonka in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनका | sonaka | 93.17 |
| सोंका | sonka | 4.35 |
| साेंका | saenka | 1.24 |
| सोन्का | sonka | 0.62 |
| Sonka in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनका | sonaka | 66.67 |
| सोन्का | sonka | 33.33 |
| Sonka in the Russian language | ||
| Сонька | sonka | - |
| Sonka in the Arabic language | ||
| سونكا | swnka | - |
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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 Sonka
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