Sontor Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Croatia

Sontor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sontor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Sontor (79) may also be a first name.

Sontor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sontor occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Sontor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sontor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,605,694th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Sontor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Sontor reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sontor is also the 1,083,225th most common first name globally. It is borne by 79 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Sontor is most prevalent in: Benue, where 71 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 29 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Sontor exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 20 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sontore923/
Sontort921/
Shontgor8632/
Soonthor861/
Sontoire860/
Santor832,761/
Contor83749/
Sontur83473/
Jontor8319/
Suntor836/
Sontar835/
Soonthorh801/
Somtore772,724/
Santore771,974/
Shantor77127/
Sontarp7721/
Szantor7714/
Santosr7710/
Santoor7710/
Sontare779/
Santour777/
Santord776/
Somtour776/
Sunthor774/
Countor773/
Suntour771/
Santorp771/
Santoir771/
Jontour771/
Shentor771/
Santort771/
Contoir771/
Siantor771/
Sonttar770/
Conttor770/
Santoire71235/
Shantour71175/
Sandtorp7179/
Santorre7151/
Schantor7127/
Shonthar7121/
Santhoor7113/
Sant'orp715/
Soumtore713/
Countour711/
Shontgar711/
Sunthorp711/
Santoure711/
Santhord710/
Sonthard710/
Cantor6733,674/
Santur675,577/
Santar671,320/
Suntur67368/
Zontur67347/
Çontar67286/
Žontar67223/
Süntar67180/
Contar67165/
Suntar67106/
Šantor6769/
Zontar6721/
Santhoire6719/
Santúr6718/
Jontar6713/
Samtor6710/
Santorová678/
Santór677/
Santorova676/
Somtur676/
Jantor676/
Santoirre673/
Zantor672/
Shanhtour671/
Zuntor671/
Shauntore670/

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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 Sontor
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