Sonuo Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Sonuo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sonuo (75,101) may also be a first name.
Sonuo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonuo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonuo (Hindi: सोनू) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonuo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Sonuo occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Sonuo reside; 89 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 89 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Sonuo is also the 13,054th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 75,101 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Morobe, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonuo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonuo in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनू | sonu | - |
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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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- 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 Sonuo
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