Sonow Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Sonow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Sonow Last Name Facts

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

Sonow is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Sonow occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Sonow are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 77 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India Sonow is primarily found in: Assam, where 100 percent reside. Not including India Sonow is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 8 percent reside and Russia, where 8 percent reside.

Sonow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sonow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sonow surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sonowa91156/
Somnow914/
Shonow911/
Songow910/
Sounowa835/
Shonowa832/
Shonowe831/
Sosnows831/
Sanow80703/
Sonov80542/
Conow8070/
Senow8023/
Sonob8011/
Jonow808/
Sunow805/
Sonaw802/
Sonof801/
Schoenow7726/
Sosnov731,924/
Sonova73448/
Soynov73403/
Sonnov73331/
Shonov73330/
Sahnow73266/
Soinov73235/
Sionov73222/
Susnow7365/
Jasnow7355/
Sonoff7349/
Somnof7340/
Sasnow7331/
Sanowe7323/
Soenov7316/
Connow7315/
Sgonov7315/
Shenow7313/
Sannow7312/
Sonoev7312/
Sangow7310/
Sujnow735/
Shanow735/
Sounov734/
Somnov733/
Sanowa732/
Shonof732/
Sosnof732/
Sonawe732/
Chonow732/
Sumnow732/
Sanoow731/
Sunowa731/
Jognow731/
Sonoiv731/
Sosnów731/
Sconov731/
Samnow731/
Sonhuw731/
Schoonowe710/
Sonnova67364/
Shonova67325/
Soynova67301/
Sshonov67181/
Soinova67167/
Sionova67147/
Sosnoff67119/
Shonoev67103/
Sounawe6782/
Shoinov6746/
Shoenov6741/
Sonnhof6726/
Sgonnov6721/
Sshonof6718/
Chasnow6717/
Shongov6715/
Sgonova6711/
Shoynov678/
Shannow674/
Shonoff674/
Sosnovs674/
Saenhow673/
Sahanow673/
Sounova672/
Schünow672/
Shonawe672/
Sonnoff672/
Schonov671/
Suonova671/
Songova671/
Soinoff671/
Soungof671/
Sanhowe671/
Schanow671/
Soonhaw671/
Sianowa671/
Shennow671/
Shuonov671/

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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 Sonow
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