Sonowo Surname
Approximately 495 people bear this surname
Sonowo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 461 | 1:384,258 | 20,336 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Sonowo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonowo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonowo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonowo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sonowo is the 620,716th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,722,315 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sonowo live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Sonowo is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 461 people, or 1 in 384,258. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 44 percent live, Lagos, where 40 percent live and Oyo, where 5 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shonowo | 92 | 584 | / |
| Songowo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Songoywo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sonowa | 83 | 156 | / |
| Sonawo | 83 | 45 | / |
| Sunowo | 83 | 39 | / |
| Senowo | 83 | 28 | / |
| Sonobo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sanowo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sosnowa | 77 | 79 | / |
| Sangowo | 77 | 56 | / |
| Sonowah | 77 | 46 | / |
| Songowa | 77 | 25 | / |
| Shonawo | 77 | 18 | / |
| Sounowa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Shonuwo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sohnawo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sanouwo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Shonowa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sonowat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shenowo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sonobou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sonoboy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sonouvo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shunowo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sosnovoy | 71 | 57 | / |
| Sounouvo | 71 | 45 | / |
| Shennowo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sonouvou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sounouwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sosnovoi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Songawoh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangnowo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Songoiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sounovou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sounouvou | 67 | 1,075 | / |
| Senawo | 67 | 541 | / |
| Sonova | 67 | 448 | / |
| Senewo | 67 | 237 | / |
| Sonavo | 67 | 100 | / |
| Sounnouvo | 67 | 71 | / |
| Sonawa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Sonabo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sonewa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sunawo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Senowa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sonubo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sanuwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sanowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sanewo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sounoubou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sounnovou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanawo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sunowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonoba | 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 Sonowo
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