Sontheim Surname

515,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 632 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sontheim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sontheim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6061:132,84716,187
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

Sontheim Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sontheim Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sontheim is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sontheim? popularity and diffusion

It is the 515,938th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 11,530,927 people. The last name Sontheim is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Sontheim are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 606 people, or 1 in 132,847. In Germany it is most common in: Bavaria, where 74 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 24 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 1 percent reside. Not including Germany Sontheim is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Sontheim Last Name Statistics demography

Sontheim earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 63.58% more than the national average, earning $70,583 USD per year.

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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 Sontheim
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