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 surname Sonuo (Hindi: सोनू) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sonuo.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonuo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is primarily found 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 frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 75,101 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Sonuo is most numerous in: Morobe, where 100 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea Sonuo exists in 2 countries. It is also found 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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