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
Sonyah (Marathi: सोनया) is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonyah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 549,140th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. Sonyah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sonyah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Sonyah is also the 1,091,646th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 78 people.
The surname Sonyah is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 570 people, or 1 in 7,734. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 69 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 18 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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