Sonyia Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Sonyia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Sonyia (1,124) may also be a first name.
Sonyia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonyia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonyia (Hindi: सोनयिा) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sonyia.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonyia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Sonyia is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sonyia live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 237,715th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 1,124 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Excluding The DR Congo this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sonyia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sonyia in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनयिा | sonayia | 60 |
| सोनिया | soniya | 30 |
| सोन्यिा | son'yia | 10 |
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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 Sonyia
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