Sontas Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Sontas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 30 | 1:369,326 | 50,921 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Sontaş (84) are calculated separately.
Sontas (38) may also be a first name.
Sontas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sontas is carried by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Sontaş. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Sontas reside; 75 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 75 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 38 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 369,326. In Greece it is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 87 percent live and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 13 percent live. Excluding Greece Sontas is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 5 percent live and Brazil, where 5 percent live.
Sontas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sontas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sontas last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sontas
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