Sontaye Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Sontaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Sontaye (11) may also be a first name.
Sontaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sontaye is found most in Liberia. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sontaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Sontaye is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 191,675. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 91 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 4 percent live and Nimba County, where 4 percent live. Aside from Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 4 percent live.
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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 Sontaye
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