Sonkey Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Sonkey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Sonkey (13) may also be a first name.
Sonkey Demographics
Average Sonkey Salary in
United States
$25,339 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sonkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonkey is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sonkey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonkey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,121,169th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Sonkey live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sonkey is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 13 people.
The surname Sonkey is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria Sonkey is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.
Sonkey Last Name Statistics demography
Sonkey earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.28% less than the national average, earning $25,339 USD 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 Sonkey
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