Sonnerstam Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Sonnerstam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sonnerstam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759

The alternate forms: Sönnerstam (18) are calculated separately.

Sonnerstam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sonnerstam is carried by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Sönnerstam. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sonnerstam.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonnerstam? popularity and diffusion

Sonnerstam is the 7,117,718th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Sonnerstam occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sonnerstam reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Sonnerstam is most frequently used in Finland, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,374,176. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 100 percent live. Outside of Finland this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 43 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sönnerstam9718/
Sunnerstam9053/
Sennerstam9035/
Sannerstam902/
Synnerstam902/
Canerstam7429/
Sanarstm671/
San Rostami5710/
Sinharosatam551/
Sayanoorisatyamm541/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sonnerstam
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