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 found most frequently in Malawi. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonkhani? popularity and diffusion
Sonkhani is the 767,694th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sonkhani reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 71 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Beside Malawi this surname exists 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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