Sarkunan Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sarkunan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarkunan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Sarkunan (243) may also be a first name.

Sarkunan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarkunan (Marathi: सकुर्नन) is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarkunan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Sarkunan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sarkunan reside; 86 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sarkunan is also the 573,164th most frequently used forename globally. It is borne by 243 people.

The surname Sarkunan is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,552,328. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 42 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 32 percent are found and Johor, where 11 percent are found. Other than Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 9 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sarkunan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarkunan in the Marathi language
सकुर्ननsakurnana-

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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 Sarkunan
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