Sonkani Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Sonkani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 1:270,846 | 28,330 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sonkani (10) may also be a first name.
Sonkani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonkani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonkani (Hindi: सोनकनी) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonkani? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,414,640th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. Sonkani occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sonkani are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sonkani is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 10 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 270,846. In Zimbabwe Sonkani is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 58 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 39 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 2 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonkani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonkani in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनकनी | sonakani | - |
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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 Sonkani
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