Sönnby Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sönnby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sönnby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Sönnby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sönnby is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sönnby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Sönnby is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sönnby reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 703,340. In Sweden Sönnby is primarily found in: Halland County, where 50 percent are found, Skåne County, where 36 percent are found and Blekinge County, where 14 percent are found. Barring Sweden this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sinnby836/
Senby7326/
Synby730/
Senbay6747/
Senboy6718/
Senbuy6717/
Jennby677/
Suenby671/
Shnbay671/
Senbey671/
Scenby670/
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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 Sönnby
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