Sonnam Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Sonnam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 261 | 1:270,645 | 46,481 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sonnam (113) may also be a first name.
Sonnam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonnam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonnam (Hindi: सोंनम, Marathi: सोणनां) has its highest incidence in Thailand. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonnam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 935,326th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sonnam reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Sonnam is also the 881,625th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 113 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 270,645. In Thailand Sonnam is primarily concentrated in: Khon Kaen Province, where 77 percent reside, Rayong Province, where 10 percent reside and Phuket Province, where 7 percent reside. Barring Thailand this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside and Iran, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonnam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonnam in the Hindi language | ||
| सोंनम | sonnama | 88.89 |
| सोनम | sonama | 7.41 |
| सौनम | saunama | 3.7 |
| Sonnam in the Marathi language | ||
| सोणनां | sonanam | 40 |
| नम | nama | 40 |
| सोनम | sonama | 20 |
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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 Sonnam
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