Sonkhani Surname
Approximately 371 people bear this surname
Sonkhani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Sonkhani (71) may also be a first name.
Sonkhani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonkhani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonkhani is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sonkhani.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonkhani? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sonkhani is the 767,694th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sonkhani are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 71 people.
The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Not including Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sonkhani
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