Sonum Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Sonum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sonum (366) may also be a first name.
Sonum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonum (Hindi: सोनूम, Marathi: सोनम, Oriya: େସାନୁମ) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonum? popularity and diffusion
Sonum is the 2,876,555th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Sonum is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Sonum live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 87 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sonum is also the 454,857th most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 366 people.
It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 19,176,635. In India Sonum is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 80 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 13 percent are found and Arunachal Pradesh, where 3 percent are found. Aside from India this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cambodia, where 4 percent are found and Cyprus, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonum in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनम | sonama | - |
| Sonum in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनूम | sonuma | 70 |
| सोनम | sonama | 20 |
| सोनुम | sonuma | 10 |
| Sonum in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାନୁମ | esanuma | 66.67 |
| େସାନୂମ | esanuma | 33.33 |
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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 Sonum
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