Sonkor Surname
Approximately 770 people bear this surname
Sonkor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 441 | 1:30,504 | 1,579 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Turkey | 17 | 1:4,577,731 | 104,623 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sonkor (199) may also be a first name.
Sonkor Demographics
Sonkor Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sonkor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonkor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonkor is borne by more people in Somalia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sonkor click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonkor? popularity and diffusion
It is the 443,594th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 9,464,345 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sonkor reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 642,605th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 199 people.
The surname is most widespread in Somalia, where it is held by 441 people, or 1 in 30,504. Not including Somalia Sonkor exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 36 percent live and Turkey, where 2 percent live.
Sonkor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sonkor last name is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
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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 Sonkor
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