Sontara Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Sontara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 192 | 1:3,995,132 | 108,566 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sontara (930) may also be a first name.
Sontara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sontara (Hindi: सोनतारा, Marathi: सॉंतरा) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sontara.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sontara is the 1,144,405th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sontara live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sontara is also the 265,244th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 930 people.
Sontara is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 3,995,132. In India Sontara is primarily found in: Jharkhand, where 94 percent live, Maharashtra, where 2 percent live and Bihar, where 2 percent live. Apart from India this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sontara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sontara in the Marathi language | ||
| सॉंतरा | sontara | - |
| Sontara in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनतारा | sonatara | 95.7 |
| सोंतरा | sontara | 1.43 |
| सोनतरा | sonatara | 1.15 |
| सोन्तारा | sontara | 0.86 |
| सोन्तरा | sontara | 0.57 |
| सोंतारा | sontara | 0.29 |
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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 Sontara
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