Sontha Surname
Approximately 1,083 people bear this surname
Sontha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 984 | 1:71,787 | 9,372 |
| India | 53 | 1:14,472,932 | 242,024 |
| Taiwan | 28 | 1:837,312 | 5,934 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sontha (98) may also be a first name.
Sontha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sontha (Hindi: सोंठा) is found most in Thailand. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sontha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 339,513th most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 6,729,036 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sontha reside; 91 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 91 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 956,749th most prevalent given name in the world, borne by 98 people.
The surname Sontha is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is carried by 984 people, or 1 in 71,787. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 25 percent reside, Kamphaeng Phet Province, where 15 percent reside and Nan Province, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Thailand this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent reside and Taiwan, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sontha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sontha in the Hindi language | ||
| सोंठा | sontha | - |
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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 Sontha
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