Soonam Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Soonam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Soonam (218) may also be a first name.
Soonam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soonam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soonam (Hindi: सूनम, Marathi: सोनम, Oriya: ସୁନମ) is found most in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soonam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soonam is the 4,908,606th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Soonam are found; 69 percent are found in South Asia and 69 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Soonam is also the 611,412th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 218 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 69,733,217. In India Soonam is mostly found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 36 percent live, Kerala, where 27 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 9 percent live. Barring India this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soonam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soonam in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁନମ | sunama | - |
| Soonam in the Marathi language | ||
| सोनम | sonama | - |
| Soonam in the Hindi language | ||
| सूनम | sunama | 61.29 |
| सोनम | sonama | 35.48 |
| सौनम | saunama | 3.23 |
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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
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- 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 Soonam
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