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 surname Sontu (Hindi: सोन्टू, Marathi: सोनतु) is borne by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 493,936th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,893,193 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Sontu live; 69 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sontu is also the 161,765th most frequent given name internationally, borne by 2,151 people.
Sontu is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 451 people, or 1 in 353,341. Not including Bangladesh it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 17 percent live and Moldova, where 13 percent live.
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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