Soenksen
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/səənksən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Soenksen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Zambia than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.2M(measured from records)
- ZMZambia≈1 in 22K
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 310K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Soenksen itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Zambia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 121 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
≈790 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Zambia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sonksen in BE Belgium, AO Angola, Sönksen in DE Germany and Sønksen in DK Denmark.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Soenksen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZM Zambia | ≈790 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Soenksen | 1 |
| DE Germany | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 144K | — | Sönksen | 38 |
| US United States | 276 | 1 in 1.2M | 276 | Soenksen | 121 |
| AO Angola | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 187K | — | Sonksen | 1 |
| GT Guatemala | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 310K | — | Soenksen | 1 |
| DK Denmark | 41as Sønksen | 1 in 143K | 41 | Sønksen | 15 |
| BE Belgium | ≈41 est. | ≈1 in 288K | — | Sonksen | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sönke Nissenb. 1870DEnot in their usual nameGerman entrepreneur
- Sönke Sönksenb. 1938DEnot in their usual nameWest German equestrian (1938–2024)
- Sönke Wortmannb. 1959DEnot in their usual nameGerman film director
- Sönke Lars Neuwöhnerb. 1964DEnot in their usual nameGerman screenwriter, journalist and writer
- Sönke Neitzelb. 1968DEnot in their usual nameGerman historian
- Sönke Iwersenb. 1971DEnot in their usual nameGerman journalist
- Sönke Möhringb. 1972DEnot in their usual nameGerman actor
- Sönke Rixb. 1975DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician (SPD)
- Sönke Andresenb. 1977DEnot in their usual nameGerman screenwriter
- Sönke Rothenbergerb. 1994DEnot in their usual nameGerman equestrian
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 276 | #70,833 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 274 | #75,813 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 260 | #70,273 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Soenksen?
- A machine transcription gives /səənksən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Soenksen have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 793 people named Soenksen in Zambia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled soenksen.
- How common is the name Soenksen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 276 people named Soenksen in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/soenksenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Soenksen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.