Sonyaka Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sonyaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sonyaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Turkey121:6,485,118119,359

Sonyaka (33) may also be a first name.

Sonyaka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sonyaka Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sonyaka (Hindi: सोनयका, Marathi: सोन्याका) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sonyaka? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,323,005th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Sonyaka live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 33 people.

It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 78 percent are found and North West, where 22 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Sonyaka exists in one country. It is also found in Turkey, where 34 percent are found.

Sonyaka Last Name Statistics demography

Sonyaka earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.94% less than the national average, earning R 95,196 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sonyaka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sonyaka in the Hindi language
सोनयकाsonayaka-
Sonyaka in the Marathi language
सोन्याकाson'yaka-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Sonyaka
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis