Sumni Surname
Approximately 454 people bear this surname
Sumni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 360 | 1:147,060 | 13,405 |
| India | 52 | 1:14,751,257 | 245,013 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sumni (4,124) may also be a first name.
Sumni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sumni (Hindi: सुमनी, Marathi: सुमनी, Oriya: ସୁମନି) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumni? popularity and diffusion
Sumni is the 661,581st most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 16,051,863 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Sumni live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sumni is also the 108,310th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 4,124 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 360 people, or 1 in 147,060. In Tanzania Sumni is most numerous in: Manyara Region, where 77 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 16 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent are found and Thailand, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sumni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sumni in the Marathi language | ||
| सुमनी | sumani | - |
| Sumni in the Hindi language | ||
| सुमनी | sumani | 97.88 |
| सूमनी | sumani | 0.78 |
| सुमनि | sumani | 0.56 |
| सुमन | sumana | 0.33 |
| सुम्नी | sumni | 0.33 |
| सुमानी | sumani | 0.11 |
| Sumni in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁମନି | sumani | 50 |
| ସୁମନୀ | sumani | 25 |
| ସୁମଣି | sumani | 25 |
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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 Sumni
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