Sonowai Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Sonowai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
Sonowai (61) may also be a first name.
Sonowai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonowai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonowai is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonowai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sonowai is the 3,730,171st most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Sonowai is predominantly found in Africa, where 39 percent of Sonowai are found; 39 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 61 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia Sonowai is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 55 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 45 percent reside. Apart from Liberia Sonowai occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 36 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 25 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 Sonowai
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