Sonega Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Sonega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Sonega (11) may also be a first name.
Sonega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sonega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sonega is most common in The Philippines. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sonega? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,909,720th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Sonega live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 22 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Sonega is also the 3,487,849th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 11 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 7,787,556. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Central Luzon, where 31 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 31 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 24 percent reside and Brazil, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Sonega
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