Sun Forename
6,107th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 171,848 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Myanmar
Highest density in:
Macau
Sun Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | - | 73,242 | 1:709 | 108 |
| Cambodia | 53% | 21,031 | 1:774 | 169 |
| United States | 88% | 18,007 | 1:20,133 | 1,634 |
| Egypt | 81% | 9,413 | 1:9,763 | 925 |
| Vietnam | 65% | 7,985 | 1:11,600 | 443 |
| Indonesia | 97% | 7,553 | 1:34,154 | 4,544 |
| Thailand | 65% | 5,754 | 1:12,177 | 1,896 |
| India | 67% | 5,145 | 1:236,128 | 23,482 |
| Malaysia | 64% | 5,027 | 1:6,057 | 700 |
| China | - | 2,480 | 1:550,829 | 27,095 |
| Canada | 56% | 1,854 | 1:17,871 | 1,690 |
| Macau | - | 1,755 | 1:347 | 85 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,340 | 1:22,994 | 3,005 |
| Bangladesh | 83% | 1,283 | 1:124,288 | 7,723 |
| South Korea | 82% | 1,013 | 1:5,473 | 890 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 858 | 1:24,241 | 3,095 |
| Brazil | 54% | 793 | 1:270,159 | 10,869 |
| Mauritius | - | 758 | 1:1,712 | 303 |
| Pakistan | 77% | 540 | 1:359,922 | 9,602 |
| Russia | 55% | 489 | 1:294,956 | 3,854 |
| England | 58% | 374 | 1:148,671 | 4,888 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Australia | - | 317 | 1:43,084 | 2,178 |
| Nigeria | 90% | 301 | 1:589,915 | 17,565 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 291 | 1:105,795 | 3,016 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 233 | 1:140,015 | 4,172 |
| Kuwait | - | 199 | 1:19,021 | 2,052 |
| Israel | 68% | 197 | 1:42,654 | 2,867 |
| Germany | 67% | 192 | 1:503,531 | 5,306 |
| Poland | 92% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Singapore | 51% | 186 | 1:33,801 | 5,916 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 183 | 1:126,098 | 7,215 |
| Hong Kong | - | 166 | 1:46,703 | 2,491 |
| Philippines | 71% | 166 | 1:638,611 | 19,852 |
| Netherlands | 61% | 146 | 1:115,768 | 5,610 |
| Taiwan | 73% | 132 | 1:180,073 | 16,784 |
| France | 62% | 131 | 1:507,407 | 5,431 |
| Bhutan | 81% | 113 | 1:7,300 | 499 |
| Qatar | 65% | 107 | 1:22,146 | 3,142 |
| New Zealand | - | 88 | 1:51,546 | 2,769 |
| Japan | - | 80 | 1:1,599,826 | 18,068 |
| Sweden | 75% | 70 | 1:140,827 | 5,513 |
| DR Congo | 89% | 68 | 1:1,085,700 | 31,208 |
| Kazakhstan | 57% | 60 | 1:295,781 | 5,550 |
| Guam | - | 52 | 1:3,089 | 622 |
| South Africa | 52% | 51 | 1:1,069,268 | 39,811 |
| Ukraine | 52% | 51 | 1:892,155 | 3,062 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Iraq | 67% | 48 | 1:729,539 | 6,887 |
| Belgium | 73% | 47 | 1:244,469 | 5,458 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Papua New Guinea | 76% | 43 | 1:189,589 | 16,259 |
| Ecuador | - | 36 | 1:492,414 | 5,316 |
| Belarus | 67% | 34 | 1:278,894 | 2,159 |
| Norway | 67% | 33 | 1:155,525 | 4,252 |
| Venezuela | 64% | 30 | 1:1,006,730 | 21,651 |
| Scotland | 74% | 27 | 1:198,162 | 3,518 |
| Turkey | 67% | 24 | 1:3,241,738 | 18,175 |
| Mexico | 71% | 23 | 1:5,397,584 | 20,990 |
| Argentina | 50% | 22 | 1:1,944,238 | 7,405 |
| Denmark | - | 21 | 1:269,024 | 5,348 |
| Spain | 100% | 21 | 1:2,215,713 | 12,163 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 57% | 20 | 1:298,664 | 11,960 |
| Paraguay | 60% | 20 | 1:361,840 | 4,257 |
| Iran | - | 19 | 1:4,131,414 | 17,591 |
| Panama | 58% | 19 | 1:205,608 | 7,846 |
| Jamaica | - | 18 | 1:160,179 | 5,771 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Zambia | - | 18 | 1:880,822 | 15,021 |
| Liberia | 90% | 17 | 1:259,533 | 8,550 |
| Italy | 69% | 16 | 1:3,816,381 | 20,790 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 16 | 1:963,989 | 34,627 |
| Ireland | 50% | 14 | 1:331,680 | 4,801 |
| Jordan | 100% | 14 | 1:630,484 | 4,306 |
| Chile | 67% | 13 | 1:1,354,401 | 10,891 |
| Congo | 83% | 13 | 1:385,323 | 7,484 |
| Finland | 58% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Nepal | 100% | 12 | 1:2,373,946 | 34,978 |
| Switzerland | 71% | 12 | 1:684,458 | 9,518 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Hungary | 83% | 10 | 1:979,177 | 2,758 |
| Peru | 50% | 10 | 1:3,179,145 | 27,401 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 9 | 1:2,042,163 | 43,570 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Wales | 100% | 9 | 1:343,812 | 5,087 |
| Senegal | 100% | 8 | 1:1,822,670 | 12,813 |
| Armenia | 100% | 7 | 1:416,965 | 5,243 |
| Austria | 60% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Uganda | 100% | 6 | 1:6,826,153 | 53,479 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Costa Rica | 67% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Kenya | 50% | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Czechia | 85% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Northern Ireland | 50% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Sun (19,702,918) may also be a surname.
Sun Forename Popularity
Sun Demographics
Sun Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 26 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Sun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sun in the Russian language | ||
| Сунь | sun | - |
Search for Another Forename
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- 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 Sun