Sontam Surname

812,930th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Sontam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sontam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3281:2,338,61476,269
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372

Sontam (42) may also be a first name.

Sontam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sontam (Marathi: टम) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sontam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sontam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sontam is the 812,930th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 21,246,490 people. Sontam is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sontam reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sontam is also the 1,566,439th most common first name on earth It is held by 42 people.

This last name is most numerous in India, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 2,338,614. In India Sontam is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 56 percent reside, Telangana, where 42 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account India it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sontham92812/
Sonttam9210/
Shontam928/
Sontaim921/
Shontham863/
Sonthaim861/
Sonthaam861/
Sontan83474/
Santam83145/
Somtam836/
Sontom835/
Contam831/
Sonthom77829/
Santham77591/
Sontang77262/
Shontan77168/
Santamm77107/
Shantam7784/
Suntham7761/
Somtham7730/
Santaam7712/
Sountan7710/
Sontome775/
Santaim774/
Sontane774/
Santame773/
Sontain772/
Suntame772/
Jhontam771/
Sontand771/
Suntaim771/
Scantam771/
Santamg771/
Sonthan770/
Sontheim71632/
Chontham7188/
Santaime7134/
Sontaten7133/
Shantham7128/
Shantamm7112/
Shountan7110/
Sontaine718/
Sountain718/
Sountang718/
Soontain717/
Santhaam717/
Siontang713/
Sountane711/
Soonthan711/
Schontan711/
Samntham711/
Santan671,463/
Samtam67431/
Sangeetam67248/
Sonton67217/
Jantam67192/
Santom67109/
Somtan6754/
Cantam6712/
Shanthamm676/
Contom674/
Jomtam674/
Suntom671/
Somtom671/
Sountaine671/
Sumtam671/
Shaantamm671/
Sontanova671/

Sontam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sontam in the Marathi language
टमtama-

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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 Sontam
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