Sonnenberger Surname

713,660th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 410 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sonnenberger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonnenberger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3051:263,95228,196
South Africa641:846,52756,162
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Sonnenberger Last Name Facts

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

Sonnenberger occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonnenberger? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sonnenberger is the 713,660th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 17,774,502 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Sonnenberger live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 263,952. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live, Bavaria, where 23 percent live and Saxony, where 10 percent live. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Sonnenberger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sonnenberger has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 153 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sonnenberger Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Sonnenberger earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 28.24% more than the national average, earning R 304,752 per year and in United States they earn 22.25% more than the national average, earning $52,750 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 Sonnenberger
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