Sonkolo Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Sonkolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonkolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia51:881,70733,815
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Sonkolo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sonkolo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sonkolo occurs most in Liberia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonkolo? popularity and diffusion

Sonkolo is the 5,391,485th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Sonkolo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sonkolo reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

This last name is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Grand Bassa County, where 100 percent live. Outside of Liberia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 31 percent live and Benin, where 8 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
  • 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 Sonkolo
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