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) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms: Šonka or Soñka. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sonka is the 352,942nd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 7,061,576 people. Sonka is mostly found in Europe, where 29 percent of Sonka reside; 23 percent reside in North America and 23 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 84,958th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 6,078 people.
The surname Sonka is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 1,267,339. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 24 percent live, Illinois, where 19 percent live and Iowa, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States Sonka is found in 40 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 11 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.
Sonka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sonka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sonka last name rose 14,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sonka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sonka last name are 16.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.16% registered with the political 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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