Sontsev Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Sontsev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sontsev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia911:1,583,770106,512
Ukraine371:1,230,343106,187
Belarus111:863,73365,346

Sontsev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sontsev (Russian: Сонцев) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sontsev? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,504,764th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Sontsev are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Sontsev is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 1,583,770. In Russia Sontsev is mostly concentrated in: Moscow, where 24 percent reside, Moscow Oblast, where 12 percent reside and Saint Petersburg, where 11 percent reside. Not including Russia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 27 percent reside and Belarus, where 8 percent reside.

Sontsev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Sontsev last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Sontsev surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 44.44% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sontsev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sontsev in the Russian language
Сонцевsoncev-

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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 Sontsev
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