Sumunu Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sumunu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumunu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Sumunu (21) may also be a first name.

Sumunu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sumunu (Hindi: सुमुनु, Oriya: ସୁମୁନୁ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumunu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,055,934th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Sumunu are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 21 people.

Sumunu is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 52 percent live, Ondo, where 14 percent live and Oyo, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 37 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sumunhu921/
Sumonu834,262/
Somunu833/
Soumounou805,738/
Summonu7745/
Sumonnu7721/
Suumonu774/
Zumunhu771/
Soumonu771/
Saumonu771/
Chumunu771/
Somonu6726/
Choumounou631/
Zumonnu622/
Shomonu621/
Shiminu621/
Soumonou571/
Shumonou571/
Soumonnou539/
Zomonu501/

Sumunu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sumunu in the Hindi language
सुमुनुsumunu-
Sumunu in the Oriya language
ସୁମୁନୁsumunu-

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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
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  • 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 Sumunu
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