Sonoe Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Sonoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 27 | 1:4,734,974 | 38,607 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sonoe (11,325) may also be a first name.
Sonoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonoe is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonoe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of Sonoe reside; 66 percent reside in East Asia and 66 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Sonoe is also the 56,379th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 11,325 people.
The surname Sonoe is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 4,734,974. In Japan Sonoe is mostly found in: Ishikawa Prefecture, where 96 percent reside and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Japan this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 27 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Sonoe
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