Sonokawa Surname
Approximately 945 people bear this surname
Sonokawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 940 | 1:136,005 | 7,199 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sonokawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonokawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonokawa is most common in Japan. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sonokawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonokawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 378,019th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,711,689 people. Sonokawa occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sonokawa live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia.
The last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 940 people, or 1 in 136,005. In Japan it is most common in: Kumamoto Prefecture, where 43 percent live, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 14 percent live and Nagasaki Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Excluding Japan Sonokawa occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonekawa | 88 | 342 | / |
| Sanokawa | 88 | 154 | / |
| Senokawa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sannokawa | 82 | 38 | / |
| Sunakawa | 75 | 177 | / |
| Sanekawa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Sonecawa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sotnokova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shonokhova | 67 | 127 | / |
| Sonakhavad | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sonokawa
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