Sontal Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Sontal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sontal (21) may also be a first name.
Sontal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sontal (Bengali: সাওতাল, Hindi: सोनतल) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,876,555th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Sontal occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sontal are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 17,045,897. In India Sontal is primarily found in: Assam, where 87 percent live, West Bengal, where 9 percent live and Meghalaya, where 2 percent live. Aside from India this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sontal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sontal in the Bengali language | ||
| সাওতাল | sa'otala | - |
| Sontal in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनतल | sonatala | - |
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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 Sontal
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