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
Sonyan (Russian: Сонян) has its highest incidence in Armenia. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Sonyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonyan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,637,889th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. The last name Sonyan occurs predominantly 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 frequent forename on earth, held by 252 people.
The surname Sonyan is most numerous in Armenia, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 37,566. In Armenia it is mostly concentrated in: Yerevan, where 36 percent are found, Aragatsotn Province, where 28 percent are found and Shirak Province, where 21 percent are found. Other than Armenia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 10 percent are found and Russia, where 10 percent are found.
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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