Sonnenfeld Surname

282,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Sonnenfeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonnenfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6021:602,09149,009
Germany2831:284,47229,719
Poland2571:147,89421,152
Brazil451:4,757,207124,005
Austria321:266,10730,958
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Slovakia191:280,86641,728
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Israel151:570,50941,023
England131:4,286,005132,302
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
France51:13,284,544357,392
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Sonnenfeld Last Name Facts

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

Sonnenfeld is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonnenfeld? popularity and diffusion

Sonnenfeld is the 282,110th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,331,050 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 48 percent of Sonnenfeld are found; 38 percent are found in North America and 38 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 602 people, or 1 in 602,091. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and Nebraska, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 21 percent live and Poland, where 19 percent live.

Sonnenfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sonnenfeld has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sonnenfeld last name increased 3,010 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 217 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sonnenfeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sonnenfeld last name are 40.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sonnenfeld earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 51.24% more than the national average, earning R 359,400 per year; in United States they earn 13.24% more than the national average, earning $48,862 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.79% more than the national average, earning $64,484 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
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  • 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 Sonnenfeld
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