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
The last name Sonowai occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonowai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 39 percent of Sonowai reside; 39 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Sonowai is also the 1,257,960th most common given name world-wide It is held by 61 people.
Sonowai is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 55 percent live and Montserrado County, where 45 percent live. Barring Liberia Sonowai exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 36 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live.
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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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