Sonneberg Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sonneberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonneberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:8,629,975373,648
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Sonneberg Last Name Facts

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

Sonneberg is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonneberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,091,648th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 37 percent of Sonneberg reside; 36 percent reside in North America and 36 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 8,629,975. In The United States it is primarily found in: New Jersey, where 31 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 35 percent reside and Germany, where 5 percent reside.

Sonneberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sonneberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sonneberg last name expanded 156 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sonneberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sonneberg surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered with the political party.

The amount Sonneberg earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 13.27% less than the national average, earning R 206,100 per year and in United States they earn 3.83% more than the national average, earning $44,802 USD per year.

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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 Sonneberg
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