Sonmal Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Sonmal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonmal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India71:109,580,769786,157
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Sonmal (69) may also be a first name.

Sonmal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sonmal (Hindi: सोंमल, Marathi: सोनमल) is found most frequently in India. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonmal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Sonmal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sonmal are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,171,416th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 69 people.

The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India it is most numerous in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 71 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 29 percent reside. Beside India this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sonmale921,162/
Sounmal921/
Sanmal8317/
Sommal8315/
Sommale7713/
Jonnmal774/
Sanmail772/
Sonmool771/
Sommail771/
Saunmal771/
Sanmaal771/
Sanmale771/
Shanmal771/
Soummal771/
Zounmale711/
Djonmail711/
Sammal67597/
Jonmol6739/
Janmal6715/
Summal675/
Sunmol675/
Sommol674/
Jommal674/
Canmal673/
Djonmaile671/
Schonmotl671/

Sonmal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sonmal in the Hindi language
सोंमलsommala-
Sonmal in the Marathi language
सोनमलsonamala-

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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 Sonmal
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