Sonny Surname
Approximately 5,814 people bear this surname
Sonny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 1,432 | 1:5,694 | 355 |
| United States | 611 | 1:593,222 | 48,399 |
| Nigeria | 528 | 1:335,498 | 18,279 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 491 | 1:2,778 | 475 |
| Indonesia | 432 | 1:306,132 | 27,113 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Uganda | 217 | 1:179,905 | 15,002 |
| Botswana | 182 | 1:12,016 | 2,280 |
| Philippines | 179 | 1:565,577 | 63,118 |
| South Africa | 162 | 1:334,430 | 31,173 |
| Kuwait | 125 | 1:30,406 | 3,898 |
| India | 115 | 1:6,670,134 | 150,358 |
| Saint Lucia | 106 | 1:1,687 | 305 |
| Iraq | 84 | 1:416,924 | 7,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 45 | 1:203,606 | 14,059 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| Liberia | 42 | 1:104,965 | 8,284 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Guyana | 30 | 1:25,407 | 2,928 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Barbados | 28 | 1:10,266 | 774 |
| Lebanon | 26 | 1:216,811 | 8,749 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Burkina Faso | 17 | 1:1,079,535 | 10,589 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 12 | 1:9,198 | 1,357 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Sonny (168,173) may also be a first name.
Sonny Demographics
Average Male Sonny Height
175.62 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sonny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonny (Arabic: صوني, Marathi: सोन्य) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonny? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 83,294th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,253,448 people. The last name Sonny occurs predominantly in Africa, where 30 percent of Sonny are found; 25 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 25 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Sonny is also the 6,255th most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 168,173 people.
This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 1,432 people, or 1 in 5,694. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East Sepik, where 24 percent live, Morobe, where 22 percent live and Madang, where 17 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Sonny is found in 75 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.
Sonny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sonny has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sonny surname increased 2,777 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 3,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sonny Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Druze (96%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Sonny are 4.22% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.45% being registered with the party.
The amount Sonny earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 4.09% less than the national average, earning R 227,916 per year; in United States they earn 10% less than the national average, earning $38,836 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.88% more than the national average, earning $50,616 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonny Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonny in the Marathi language | ||
| सोन्य | son'ya | 63.64 |
| सोनी | soni | 36.36 |
| Sonny in the Arabic language | ||
| صوني | swny | - |
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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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- 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 Sonny
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