Sonnu Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Sonnu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sonnu (948) may also be a first name.
Sonnu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonnu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonnu (Hindi: सोंनू, Marathi: सोनु, Oriya: େସନନ୍ୁ) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Sonnu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonnu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sonnu is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. Sonnu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Sonnu reside; 35 percent reside in South Asia and 35 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sonnu is also the 262,398th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 948 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 45,121,493. In India Sonnu is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 65 percent are found, Bihar, where 6 percent are found and Madhya Pradesh, where 6 percent are found. Aside from India it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonnu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonnu in the Oriya language | ||
| େସନନ୍ୁ | esananu | - |
| Sonnu in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनु | sonu | - |
| Sonnu in the Hindi language | ||
| सोंनू | sonnu | 80.83 |
| सोन्नू | sonnu | 10.83 |
| सोंनु | sonnu | 7.5 |
| सोनू | sonu | 0.83 |
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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 Sonnu
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