Sornay Surname
Approximately 605 people bear this surname
Sornay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 595 | 1:111,635 | 16,693 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Sornay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sornay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sornay has its highest incidence in France. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sornay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 533,524th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,045,530 people. The last name Sornay occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Sornay reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 595 people, or 1 in 111,635. In France it is mostly found in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 45 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 34 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account France Sornay exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Sornay
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