Sonnesyn Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Sonnesyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonnesyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Norway21:2,571,14395,402

Sonnesyn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sonnesyn has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonnesyn? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,876,555th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Sonnesyn is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Sonnesyn reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 8,237,703. In The United States it is most common in: Minnesota, where 52 percent live, Colorado, where 18 percent live and District of Columbia, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 4 percent live.

Sonnesyn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sonnesyn surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

Sonnesyn earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.01% more than the national average, earning $58,257 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
  • 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 Sonnesyn
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