Sonyah Surname
Approximately 582 people bear this surname
Sonyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 570 | 1:7,734 | 899 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Sonyah (78) may also be a first name.
Sonyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sonyah (Marathi: सोनया) occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonyah? popularity and diffusion
Sonyah is the 549,140th most common last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sonyah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Sonyah is also the 1,091,646th most widely held forename globally, borne by 78 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 570 people, or 1 in 7,734. In Liberia Sonyah is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 69 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 18 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 4 percent reside. Barring Liberia it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonyah in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनया | sonaya | - |
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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 Sonyah
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