Sonnefeld Surname

685,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sonnefeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonnefeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2271:354,65034,247
United States1831:1,980,650127,499
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Sonnefeld Last Name Facts

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

Sonnefeld is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonnefeld? popularity and diffusion

It is the 685,266th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Sonnefeld reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 354,650. In Germany Sonnefeld is mostly found in: Thuringia, where 40 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 24 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 42 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.

Sonnefeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sonnefeld has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sonnefeld surname grew 6,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sonnefeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sonnefeld surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% registered with the political party.

The amount Sonnefeld earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.71% less than the national average, earning $42,412 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.95% more than the national average, earning $55,620 CAD 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 Sonnefeld
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