Sonly Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Sonly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sonly (188) may also be a first name.
Sonly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonly Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonly (Marathi: सोनी) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonly? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Sonly occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Sonly live; 74 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 663,277th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 188 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 87 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 13 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 21 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonly in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनी | soni | - |
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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 Sonly
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