Sonlay Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Sonlay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 367 | 1:360,352 | 31,069 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Sonlay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonlay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonlay occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonlay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 772,238th most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sonlay live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name Sonlay is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 360,352. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 93 percent reside, West Papua, where 3 percent reside and South Kalimantan, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 0 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 Sonlay
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