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
The surname Sonly (Marathi: सोनी) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sonly click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonly? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Sonly are found; 74 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Sonly is also the 663,277th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 188 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea Sonly is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 87 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 13 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 21 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
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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