Sönke Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Sönke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 95 | 1:847,426 | 61,310 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Sönke (7,790) may also be a first name.
Sönke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sönke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sönke has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sönke? popularity and diffusion
Sönke is the 1,894,523rd most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sönke reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Sönke is also the 72,373rd most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 7,790 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 847,426. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 38 percent are found, Hesse, where 15 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent are found. Barring Germany it occurs in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 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 Sönke
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