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
Sonya Political Affiliation
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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) occurs most in Bangladesh. It may appear as: Şonya. Click here for further potential spellings of Sonya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 88,570th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,344,070 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Sonya live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 54 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 5,246th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 199,121 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 2,884 people, or 1 in 55,255. Not including Bangladesh Sonya exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 16 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
Sonya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sonya surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% being 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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