Sonye Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
Sonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 223 | 1:794,362 | 35,535 |
| Kenya | 192 | 1:240,520 | 16,701 |
| Uganda | 146 | 1:267,392 | 19,414 |
| United States | 102 | 1:3,553,519 | 199,004 |
| Burkina Faso | 53 | 1:346,266 | 5,749 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Sonye (271) may also be a first name.
Sonye Demographics
Sonye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sonye (Russian: Сонйе) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 451,630th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 9,690,886 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Sonye live; 45 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 540,009th most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 271 people.
The surname Sonye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 223 people, or 1 in 794,362. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 45 percent reside, Lagos, where 23 percent reside and Ekiti, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 26 percent reside and Uganda, where 19 percent reside.
Sonye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Sonye last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% registered with the party.
Sonye earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.37% more than the national average, earning $45,467 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonye in the Russian language | ||
| Сонйе | sonje | - |
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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 Sonye
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