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
Sontah occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Sontah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sontah are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 8 people.
The last name Sontah is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: East Region, where 50 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 50 percent are found.
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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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