Sonyan Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Sonyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 78 | 1:37,566 | 2,044 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sonyan (252) may also be a first name.
Sonyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonyan (Russian: Сонян) is borne by more people in Armenia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonyan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,637,889th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. Sonyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Sonyan live; 64 percent live in West Asia and 64 percent live in Armeno-West Asia. Sonyan is also the 561,423rd most widespread forename in the world, borne by 252 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Armenia, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 37,566. In Armenia it is primarily found in: Yerevan, where 36 percent live, Aragatsotn Province, where 28 percent live and Shirak Province, where 21 percent live. Excluding Armenia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 10 percent live and Russia, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonyan in the Russian language | ||
| Сонян | sonan | - |
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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 Sonyan
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