Sontan Surname
Approximately 474 people bear this surname
Sontan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 377 | 1:469,875 | 23,724 |
| Turkey | 44 | 1:1,768,669 | 64,663 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sontan (77) may also be a first name.
Sontan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sontan (Arabic: صونتان) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 641,055th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,374,569 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sontan live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 77 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 377 people, or 1 in 469,875. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 51 percent live, Lagos, where 34 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 9 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sontan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sontan in the Arabic language | ||
| صونتان | swntan | - |
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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 Sontan
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