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
Soonam (Hindi: सूनम, Marathi: सोनम, Oriya: ସୁନମ) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soonam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Soonam occurs mostly 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. It is also the 611,412th most common first name worldwide, held by 218 people.
Soonam is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 69,733,217. In India Soonam is most common in: Uttar Pradesh, where 36 percent reside, Kerala, where 27 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 9 percent reside. Outside of India this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
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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