Sontseva Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Sontseva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sontseva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2341:615,91054,032
Belarus591:161,03521,792
Ukraine131:3,501,746189,921
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Sontseva Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sontseva (Russian: Сонцева) is found in Russia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sontseva.

How Common Is The Last Name Sontseva? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sontseva is the 864,701st most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Sontseva are found; 85 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 84 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Russia, where it is held by 234 people, or 1 in 615,910. In Russia it is primarily concentrated in: Moscow, where 25 percent are found, Saint Petersburg, where 8 percent are found and Samara Oblast, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Russia it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 19 percent are found and Ukraine, where 4 percent are found.

Sontseva Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Sontseva surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 44.44% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sontseva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sontseva in the Russian language
Сонцеваsonceva-

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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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  • 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 Sontseva
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