Sonkapu Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sonkapu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonkapu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1231:440,46937,524
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Sonkapu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sonkapu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sonkapu occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonkapu? popularity and diffusion

Sonkapu is the 1,620,164th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname Sonkapu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sonkapu reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 440,469. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent are found, Western Cape, where 17 percent are found and Gauteng, where 9 percent are found. Other than South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 1 percent are found.

Sonkapu Last Name Statistics demography

Sonkapu earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.83% more than the national average, earning R 249,108 per year.

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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 Sonkapu
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