Sontia Surname
Approximately 719 people bear this surname
Sontia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 691 | 1:30,057 | 4,062 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Sontia (196) may also be a first name.
Sontia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sontia is found most in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sontia is the 467,776th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 10,135,669 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sontia live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sontia is also the 648,004th most widespread given name at a global level. It is borne by 196 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 691 people, or 1 in 30,057. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 35 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 33 percent reside and Centre Region, where 24 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sontia
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