Sonnenberg Surname

40,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,802 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sonnenberg Surname Definition:

Place name in Germany.

Sonnenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6,5101:12,3661,601
United States4,0421:89,67310,084
Canada7751:47,5435,792
South Africa3611:150,07717,029
Poland2731:139,22620,147
Netherlands2521:67,01311,436
Australia1231:219,47721,009
Brazil1201:1,783,95357,833
England711:784,76142,668
Austria551:154,82620,536
Argentina301:1,424,78080,162
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Paraguay231:314,6414,957
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Denmark201:282,23621,168
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Norway101:514,22941,629
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
China41:341,830,39216,990
France41:16,605,680368,153
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:300,71123,854

Sonnenberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Place name in Germany.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Sonnenberg Last Name Facts

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

Sonnenberg (Russian: Сонненберг) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonnenberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 40,884th most common last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 569,251 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Sonnenberg are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 53 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 6,510 people, or 1 in 12,366. In Germany it is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 24 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Sonnenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sonnenberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sonnenberg last name increased 2,420 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,014 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sonnenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sonnenberg last name are 13.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.42% being registered with the party.

The amount Sonnenberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 152.28% more than the national average, earning 873,088 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 61.03% more than the national average, earning R 382,668 per year; in United States they earn 6.94% more than the national average, earning $46,145 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.36% more than the national average, earning $52,344 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sonnenberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sonnenberg in the Russian language
Сонненбергsonnenberg-

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