Name Sonja.

  • Name Sonja in modern Croatia

    Sonja is a female name, in Croatia almost exclusively Croatian. It is one of the more common names (among the top 500) in Croatia, with over six hundred thousand namesakes living there.

  • The relative popularity of names Sonja in Croatia

    The name Sonja was the most popular from years 1938 to 1948. The peak year was 1947. It was the least popular from years 1994 to 2004.

  • Prevalence

    Name Sonja is present mainly in North-West Croatia, and scarcely in Central Croatia. Most of the persons named Sonja live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (over a thousand), Rijeka (over four hundred), Split (over three hundred). Relatively speaking, the city with the highest percentage of namesakes is Mošćenička Draga (0.37% of total population).

  • Name Sonja around the globe

    See the countries where name Sonja is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

    In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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