Sonnewend Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Austria

Sonnewend Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonnewend Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1321:1,621,77553,533
Austria241:354,81038,119
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Sonnewend Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sonnewend is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonnewend? popularity and diffusion

Sonnewend is the 1,177,228th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Sonnewend reside; 66 percent reside in South America and 65 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 1,621,775. In Brazil Sonnewend is most common in: São Paulo, where 97 percent reside and Bahia, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Brazil it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 12 percent reside and Germany, where 9 percent reside.

Sonnewend Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sonnewend has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sonewend9433/
Sonnewendová8619/
Sonewent821/
Soongnuen672/
Soniben632,024/
Saneewn637/
Sonevne635/
Sonewne635/
Schönewind631/
Sonaiben5937/
Sonayben5911/
Sanewing599/
Sanniben593/
Sanheewn591/
Saneiben591/
Soneavne591/
Sannyben591/
Channeewn561/
Saniben50556/

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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 Sonnewend
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