Sontur Surname
Approximately 473 people bear this surname
Sontur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 472 | 1:164,876 | 12,745 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sontur (17) may also be a first name.
Sontur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontur Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sontur occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sontur.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontur? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 642,034th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,407,074 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Sontur live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Sontur is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name globally It is held by 17 people.
Sontur is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is held by 472 people, or 1 in 164,876. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Van Province, where 32 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live and Kastamonu Province, where 8 percent live. Barring Turkey this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santur | 83 | 5,577 | / |
| Suntur | 83 | 368 | / |
| Zontur | 83 | 347 | / |
| Contur | 83 | 70 | / |
| Sontor | 83 | 55 | / |
| Somtur | 83 | 6 | / |
| Santuur | 77 | 393 | / |
| Santure | 77 | 368 | / |
| Siantur | 77 | 90 | / |
| Shantur | 77 | 79 | / |
| Santour | 77 | 7 | / |
| Somtour | 77 | 6 | / |
| Santhur | 77 | 6 | / |
| Jontour | 77 | 1 | / |
| Suntour | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shentur | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shantour | 71 | 175 | / |
| Satentur | 71 | 4 | / |
| Santoure | 71 | 1 | / |
| Countour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soonthor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Santor | 67 | 2,761 | / |
| Zantur | 67 | 299 | / |
| Cantur | 67 | 84 | / |
| Jantur | 67 | 76 | / |
| Santurova | 67 | 51 | / |
| Samtur | 67 | 30 | / |
| Santúr | 67 | 18 | / |
| Santór | 67 | 7 | / |
| Suntor | 67 | 6 | / |
| Soonthorh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šantur | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sontur
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis