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
The last name Sonway (Marathi: सोनवाय) has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonway? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,121,169th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname Sonway occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sonway reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 60,391. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Rivercess County, where 45 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 25 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 21 percent reside. Apart from Liberia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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
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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 Sonway
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