Sönksen Surname

425,369th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 813 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Sönksen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sönksen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7961:101,13812,543
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Sönksen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sönksen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sönksen is most common in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sönksen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sönksen is the 425,369th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,963,771 people. Sönksen is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sönksen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 796 people, or 1 in 101,138. In Germany Sönksen is most common in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 64 percent live, Bremen, where 13 percent live and Hamburg, where 9 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Sönksen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sönksen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Söncksen9330/
Snksen922/
Sinksen8634/
Sünksen8621/
Sønksen8619/
Soenksen80394/
Søncksen8013/
Süncksen807/
Snnksn771/
Soencksen7541/
Singsen71303/
Saengsen67382/
Singsaen6742/
Singseng6717/
Singhsen6712/
Suengsen6710/
Shengsen672/
Seungsen671/
Shinksan671/
Sønchsen671/
Singsenn670/

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Sönksen Reference & Research

Sonksen DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Sonksen FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Sönksen
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis