Sonkaya Surname
Approximately 3,834 people bear this surname
Sonkaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 3,782 | 1:20,577 | 2,424 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sonkaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonkaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonkaya is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonkaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 119,793rd most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,900,768 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Sonkaya are found; 82 percent are found in West Asia and 82 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
This last name is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 3,782 people, or 1 in 20,577. In Turkey Sonkaya is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent reside, Malatya Province, where 10 percent reside and Van Province, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Turkey this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Sonkaya
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