Sonway Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Sonway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 73 | 1:60,391 | 5,286 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sonway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonway (Marathi: सोनवाय) is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonway? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sonway is the 2,121,169th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Sonway are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Sonway is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 60,391. In Liberia Sonway is most numerous in: Rivercess County, where 45 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 25 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 21 percent are found. Not including Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonway Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonway in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनवाय | sonavaya | - |
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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 Sonway
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