Sonkori Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Sonkori Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonkori Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Sonkori (35) may also be a first name.

Sonkori Last Name Facts

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

Sonkori is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sonkori.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonkori? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sonkori live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sonkori is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 35 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 10,335,602. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 100 percent live. Aside from Benin Sonkori occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 33 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 Sonkori
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