Sontu Surname
Approximately 669 people bear this surname
Sontu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Romania | 114 | 1:176,122 | 18,089 |
| Moldova | 89 | 1:40,015 | 6,090 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Sontu (2,151) may also be a first name.
Sontu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sontu (Hindi: सोन्टू, Marathi: सोनतु) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 493,936th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 10,893,193 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Sontu live; 69 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 161,765th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 2,151 people.
Sontu is most numerous in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 353,341. Without taking into account Bangladesh Sontu exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 17 percent reside and Moldova, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sontu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sontu in the Hindi language | ||
| सोन्टू | sontu | 69.57 |
| सोन्टु | sontu | 8.7 |
| सोनू | sonu | 4.35 |
| सोनतू | sonatu | 4.35 |
| सोन्तु | sontu | 4.35 |
| सोनटू | sonatu | 4.35 |
| सोंटू | sontu | 4.35 |
| Sontu in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनतु | sonatu | 40 |
| सोन्तु | sontu | 20 |
| सोन्टू | sontu | 20 |
| सोन्टु | sontu | 20 |
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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 Sontu
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