Sonya Surname
Approximately 5,422 people bear this surname
Sonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 2,884 | 1:55,255 | 2,925 |
| Indonesia | 893 | 1:148,095 | 14,572 |
| India | 379 | 1:2,023,919 | 69,181 |
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| United States | 250 | 1:1,449,836 | 99,395 |
| Ivory Coast | 155 | 1:148,847 | 6,971 |
| Uganda | 88 | 1:443,628 | 26,657 |
| New Zealand | 61 | 1:74,235 | 10,965 |
| Japan | 54 | 1:2,367,487 | 29,899 |
| Australia | 52 | 1:519,148 | 39,018 |
| Pakistan | 49 | 1:3,645,794 | 27,204 |
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Tanzania | 21 | 1:2,521,029 | 48,569 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| Northern Cyprus | 18 | 1:17,723 | 4,398 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
The alternate forms: Şonya (138) are calculated separately.
Sonya (199,121) may also be a first name.
Sonya Demographics
Average Sonya Salary in
United States
$30,120 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonya (Hindi: सोन्या, Marathi: सोन्या, Oriya: େସାନଯ୍ା) is most common in Bangladesh. It may also be found as a variant: Şonya. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sonya is the 88,570th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,344,070 people. The surname Sonya is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Sonya are found; 61 percent are found in South Asia and 54 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 5,246th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 199,121 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 2,884 people, or 1 in 55,255. Excluding Bangladesh this last name occurs in 53 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 16 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Sonya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sonya last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.
Sonya earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.2% less than the national average, earning $30,120 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonya in the Marathi language | ||
| सोन्या | son'ya | 96.78 |
| सोनया | sonaya | 1.89 |
| सोण्या | sonya | 0.36 |
| सोनू | sonu | 0.06 |
| सोनीया | soniya | 0.05 |
| सोनी | soni | 0.05 |
| गोण्या | gonya | 0.03 |
| सोनु | sonu | 0.03 |
| सोना | sona | 0.03 |
| सोत्या | sotya | 0.03 |
| सोनबा | sonaba | 0.02 |
| सोनाय | sonaya | 0.02 |
| सोन्य | son'ya | 0.02 |
| सोनस | sonasa | 0.02 |
| सोन्दा | sonda | 0.02 |
| Sonya in the Hindi language | ||
| सोन्या | son'ya | 91.62 |
| सोनया | sonaya | 5.62 |
| सोनिया | soniya | 1.75 |
| सोनय | sonaya | 0.37 |
| सोण्या | sonya | 0.37 |
| सोन्य | son'ya | 0.09 |
| सोनीया | soniya | 0.09 |
| Sonya in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାନଯ୍ା | esanaya | 75 |
| େସାନିୟା | esaniya | 25 |
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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 Sonya
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