Sontah Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sontah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sontah (8) may also be a first name.
Sontah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sontah is most common in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sontah is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Sontah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sontah live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 8 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: East Region, where 50 percent live and Littoral Region, where 50 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 50 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 Sontah
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