Sonkes Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Sonkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Sonkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonkes is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sonkes.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonkes? popularity and diffusion
Sonkes is the 3,882,373rd most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sonkes are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 676,273. In Belgium Sonkes is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 59 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 24 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 27 percent are found and France, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonkesh | 92 | 14 | / |
| Songkes | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sunkes | 83 | 86 | / |
| Sankes | 83 | 35 | / |
| Jonkes | 83 | 3 | / |
| Sonkis | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sonkiss | 77 | 30 | / |
| Sankesh | 77 | 24 | / |
| Sunkees | 77 | 21 | / |
| Sankies | 77 | 16 | / |
| Sankhes | 77 | 7 | / |
| Shankes | 77 | 3 | / |
| Jonkees | 77 | 2 | / |
| Johnkes | 77 | 2 | / |
| Jonkets | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sankeus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shunkes | 77 | 0 | / |
| Jongkees | 71 | 147 | / |
| Shankesh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sonquest | 71 | 3 | / |
| Schunkes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sankkese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shankies | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sances | 67 | 1,084 | / |
| Cankes | 67 | 116 | / |
| Jankes | 67 | 114 | / |
| Sankis | 67 | 40 | / |
| Jonkis | 67 | 28 | / |
| Sunkis | 67 | 15 | / |
| Sonkqishe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Conkis | 67 | 7 | / |
| Schankies | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sunkez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samkes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zünkes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shankhesh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sonkes
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