Sontang Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Sontang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 234 | 1:301,873 | 52,033 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sontang (218) may also be a first name.
Sontang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sontang occurs most in Thailand. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 983,245th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Sontang live; 94 percent live in Southeast Asia and 89 percent live in Tai-Asia. Sontang is also the 611,412th most prevalent forename on earth. It is borne by 218 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is borne by 234 people, or 1 in 301,873. In Thailand Sontang is primarily found in: Khon Kaen Province, where 95 percent are found, Lopburi Province, where 2 percent are found and Nong Khai Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Thailand this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 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 Sontang
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