Sonna Surname
Approximately 4,635 people bear this surname
Sonna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,177 | 1:9,540 | 1,251 |
| India | 1,206 | 1:636,041 | 30,198 |
| Thailand | 772 | 1:91,500 | 12,831 |
| Indonesia | 149 | 1:887,578 | 66,606 |
| Ivory Coast | 48 | 1:480,651 | 15,491 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Sonna (3,349) may also be a first name.
Sonna Demographics
Sonna Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sonna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonna (Arabic: صوننا, Georgian: სონნა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﻥ, Hindi: सोन्ना, Marathi: सोन्, Russian: Сонна) is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sonna.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonna? popularity and diffusion
It is the 101,825th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,572,286 people. The surname Sonna is primarily found in Africa, where 51 percent of Sonna reside; 47 percent reside in Central Africa and 47 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Sonna is also the 123,309th most common first name internationally It is held by 3,349 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2,177 people, or 1 in 9,540. In Cameroon Sonna is primarily found in: West Region, where 32 percent live, Centre Region, where 32 percent live and Littoral Region, where 29 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname occurs in 33 countries. It is also found in India, where 26 percent live and Thailand, where 17 percent live.
Sonna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sonna has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sonna last name expanded 153 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sonna Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
The amount Sonna earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 27.22% less than the national average, earning R 172,956 per year and in United States they earn 52.56% less than the national average, earning $20,472 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonna in the Georgian language | ||
| სონნა | sonna | - |
| Sonna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮﻥ | swn | - |
| Sonna in the Marathi language | ||
| सोन् | son | 86.96 |
| सोना | sona | 13.04 |
| Sonna in the Hindi language | ||
| सोन्ना | sonna | 60.85 |
| सोंना | sonna | 35.38 |
| सोनना | sonana | 1.89 |
| साेंना | saenna | 0.47 |
| सोनणा | sonana | 0.47 |
| सोंनू | sonnu | 0.47 |
| सोंणा | sonna | 0.47 |
| Sonna in the Russian language | ||
| Сонна | sonna | - |
| Sonna in the Arabic language | ||
| صوننا | swnna | - |
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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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- 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 Sonna
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