Sonkon Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Sonkon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 220 | 1:53,790 | 695 |
| Thailand | 73 | 1:967,649 | 148,690 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Sonkon (111) may also be a first name.
Sonkon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonkon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonkon is found most frequently in Guinea. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonkon? popularity and diffusion
Sonkon is the 899,940th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Sonkon live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 890,531st most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 111 people.
The last name Sonkon is most prevalent in Guinea, where it is carried by 220 people, or 1 in 53,790. In Guinea Sonkon is most common in: Faranah Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sonkon
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