Sons Surname
Approximately 8,558 people bear this surname
Sons Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,205 | 1:164,380 | 16,702 |
| Australia | 1,617 | 1:16,695 | 2,347 |
| Pakistan | 1,363 | 1:131,067 | 3,743 |
| India | 974 | 1:787,541 | 35,466 |
| Germany | 602 | 1:133,730 | 16,296 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Iran | 226 | 1:339,746 | 23,016 |
| Colombia | 214 | 1:223,243 | 5,157 |
| South Africa | 138 | 1:392,592 | 34,819 |
| Netherlands | 65 | 1:259,803 | 32,877 |
| Venezuela | 57 | 1:529,896 | 9,899 |
| New Zealand | 49 | 1:92,415 | 12,718 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Taiwan | 22 | 1:1,065,670 | 7,365 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Cambodia | 13 | 1:1,191,319 | 5,802 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 177 | 1:283,721 | 22,815 |
The alternate forms: Sôns (1) are calculated separately.
Sons (811) may also be a first name.
Sons Demographics
Average Male Sons Height
175.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sons Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sons Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sons (Hindi: सोन्स, Marathi: सोन्स) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Sôns. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sons? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sons is the 58,973rd most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 851,548 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 38 percent of Sons live; 36 percent live in South Asia and 26 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sons is also the 287,044th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 811 people.
The surname Sons is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,205 people, or 1 in 164,380. In The United States it is most frequent in: Indiana, where 14 percent reside, Illinois, where 14 percent reside and Louisiana, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 63 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 19 percent reside and Pakistan, where 16 percent reside.
Sons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sons has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,246 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sons Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sons surname are 22.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.05% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sons earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.42% more than the national average, earning R 400,236 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.05% more than the national average, earning $23,849,800 COP per year and in United States they earn 8.76% less than the national average, earning $39,369 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sons Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sons in the Marathi language | ||
| सोन्स | sonsa | 95.52 |
| सॉन्स | sonsa | 2.47 |
| सोन | sona | 0.31 |
| Sons in the Hindi language | ||
| सोन्स | sonsa | 71.43 |
| सोनस | sonasa | 14.29 |
| सोंस | sonsa | 14.29 |
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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 Sons
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