Sonsteby Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Sonsteby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonsteby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1401:2,588,992156,804
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272

The alternate forms: Sönsteby (17) are calculated separately.

Sonsteby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sonsteby is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as: Sönsteby. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonsteby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,348,199th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Sonsteby live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 2,588,992. In The United States Sonsteby is primarily found in: Minnesota, where 48 percent are found, Hawaii, where 8 percent are found and Washington, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States Sonsteby exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent are found and Norway, where 3 percent are found.

Sonsteby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sonsteby last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sonsteby earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 32.02% more than the national average, earning $56,964 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.16% more than the national average, earning $58,209 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sönsteby9617/
Sonstebye941/
Sonstby931/
Sønsteby88388/
Synsteby8832/
Sonstebo8811/
Sansteby886/
Sonstevy882/
Sonsteba880/
Sonsteboe821/
Soensteboe781/
Sønstebø75208/
Sønstabø63143/
Sanstaba630/
Sanseddbawa531/
Sunsdboe501/

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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 Sonsteby
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