Sun Surname
Approximately 19,702,918 people bear this surname
Sun Surname User-submission:
Sun is a common Chinese surname. It is the third name listed in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. The meaning of the surname Sun varies depending on how it is spelled in Chinese, and which dialect it is pronounced in:
(Mandarin Chinese) From sūn, which means 'grandson' or 'descendant'.
Read More About This SurnameSun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 19,324,112 | 1:71 | 14 |
| Taiwan | 82,735 | 1:283 | 46 |
| Cambodia | 73,368 | 1:211 | 25 |
| United States | 30,530 | 1:11,872 | 1,473 |
| Myanmar | 26,024 | 1:1,996 | 134 |
| Thailand | 25,742 | 1:2,744 | 51 |
| Hong Kong | 23,023 | 1:319 | 69 |
| Laos | 22,878 | 1:288 | 110 |
| Singapore | 16,161 | 1:341 | 58 |
| Canada | 8,943 | 1:4,120 | 547 |
| Bangladesh | 6,849 | 1:23,267 | 1,601 |
| India | 6,144 | 1:124,848 | 8,043 |
| Australia | 4,921 | 1:5,486 | 797 |
| Indonesia | 4,793 | 1:27,592 | 3,268 |
| Egypt | 4,027 | 1:22,830 | 2,615 |
| Turkey | 3,524 | 1:22,083 | 2,582 |
| Macau | 3,452 | 1:174 | 46 |
| Russia | 3,269 | 1:44,088 | 5,893 |
| Spain | 2,979 | 1:15,694 | 1,782 |
| Malaysia | 2,947 | 1:10,008 | 1,128 |
| Philippines | 2,201 | 1:45,996 | 7,417 |
| South Korea | 1,831 | 1:27,985 | 127 |
| England | 1,803 | 1:30,903 | 4,135 |
| Japan | 1,782 | 1:71,742 | 5,043 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,681 | 1:12,379 | 1,773 |
| Guatemala | 1,553 | 1:10,356 | 1,111 |
| France | 1,455 | 1:45,651 | 5,847 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,354 | 1:6,767 | 873 |
| Ghana | 1,108 | 1:24,387 | 2,946 |
| Germany | 1,100 | 1:73,187 | 9,254 |
| New Zealand | 926 | 1:4,890 | 787 |
| Pakistan | 906 | 1:197,179 | 4,848 |
| Netherlands | 510 | 1:33,112 | 5,510 |
| Sweden | 447 | 1:22,029 | 1,827 |
| Brazil | 412 | 1:519,598 | 19,522 |
| Kazakhstan | 391 | 1:45,224 | 5,859 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| South Africa | 324 | 1:167,215 | 18,644 |
| Italy | 292 | 1:209,441 | 29,795 |
| Belarus | 271 | 1:35,059 | 6,067 |
| Dominican Republic | 254 | 1:41,075 | 2,198 |
| Suriname | 224 | 1:2,467 | 352 |
| Samoa | 203 | 1:955 | 301 |
| Austria | 195 | 1:43,669 | 6,998 |
| Nigeria | 182 | 1:973,312 | 41,407 |
| Ukraine | 167 | 1:272,591 | 35,306 |
| Switzerland | 165 | 1:49,775 | 6,608 |
| Belgium | 157 | 1:73,227 | 11,680 |
| Afghanistan | 149 | 1:215,793 | 3,934 |
| Denmark | 142 | 1:39,752 | 4,149 |
| Portugal | 142 | 1:73,368 | 3,778 |
| Ecuador | 128 | 1:124,264 | 6,663 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Ireland | 120 | 1:39,241 | 3,109 |
| Uzbekistan | 120 | 1:257,743 | 7,986 |
| Qatar | 119 | 1:19,815 | 2,139 |
| Norway | 114 | 1:45,108 | 6,444 |
| Scotland | 108 | 1:49,572 | 4,299 |
| Brunei | 102 | 1:4,105 | 652 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| Estonia | 96 | 1:13,769 | 2,151 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Greece | 95 | 1:116,629 | 19,564 |
| Finland | 94 | 1:58,476 | 6,828 |
| Mexico | 93 | 1:1,334,690 | 15,285 |
| Latvia | 88 | 1:23,296 | 3,526 |
| Chile | 87 | 1:202,488 | 6,415 |
| Lithuania | 78 | 1:38,905 | 6,589 |
| Peru | 76 | 1:418,212 | 13,084 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Vietnam | 66 | 1:1,403,728 | 2,068 |
| Argentina | 60 | 1:712,390 | 48,679 |
| Guam | 58 | 1:2,761 | 360 |
| Ivory Coast | 56 | 1:411,986 | 13,976 |
| French Polynesia | 55 | 1:5,106 | 1,145 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Bahamas | 48 | 1:8,161 | 696 |
| Malta | 48 | 1:8,964 | 551 |
| Panama | 46 | 1:85,049 | 3,429 |
| Luxembourg | 44 | 1:13,194 | 2,619 |
| Iran | 43 | 1:1,785,640 | 66,464 |
| Israel | 42 | 1:203,753 | 19,703 |
| Jamaica | 39 | 1:73,588 | 3,551 |
| Mongolia | 39 | 1:72,443 | 5,369 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Hungary | 38 | 1:258,323 | 20,391 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Romania | 36 | 1:557,719 | 41,269 |
| Wales | 33 | 1:93,774 | 7,567 |
| Costa Rica | 32 | 1:149,377 | 2,141 |
| Poland | 31 | 1:1,226,089 | 78,991 |
| Paraguay | 30 | 1:241,225 | 4,203 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 29 | 1:205,954 | 20,223 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Northern Ireland | 25 | 1:73,801 | 5,249 |
| Azerbaijan | 23 | 1:419,527 | 8,573 |
| Belize | 23 | 1:15,455 | 1,591 |
| Tajikistan | 22 | 1:381,213 | 2,820 |
| Venezuela | 20 | 1:1,510,204 | 20,059 |
| Oman | 18 | 1:204,887 | 3,723 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Slovenia | 16 | 1:155,480 | 13,898 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 15 | 1:90,932 | 6,341 |
| American Samoa | 14 | 1:3,983 | 910 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Moldova | 13 | 1:273,951 | 23,172 |
| Georgia | 11 | 1:340,504 | 14,961 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Armenia | 10 | 1:293,018 | 6,863 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Nepal | 9 | 1:3,164,551 | 10,069 |
| North Korea | 9 | 1:2,790,783 | 79 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 157 | 1:319,864 | 25,024 |
The alternate forms: Sün (4) & Šun (1) are calculated separately.
Sun (171,848) may also be a first name.
Sun Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Sun is a common Chinese surname. It is the third name listed in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. The meaning of the surname Sun varies depending on how it is spelled in Chinese, and which dialect it is pronounced in:
(Mandarin Chinese) From sūn, which means 'grandson' or 'descendant'.
(Cantonese) From sung, which means 'water' or 'clear'.
(Hokkien) From tsun, which means 'ancestor' or 'forefather'.
- iveiAn ancient Chinese surname.
- q1242688474Sun Demographics
Average Sun Salary in
United States
$53,147 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sun (Arabic: صن, Bengali: সুন, Hindi: सुन, Marathi: सुन, Oriya: ସୁନ, Russian: Сун, Tibetan: སཱན་) is most common in China. It can also occur as a variant: Sün or Šun. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sun is the 22nd most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 370 people. The last name Sun is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sun are found; 99 percent are found in East Asia and 99 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 6,107th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 171,848 people.
This last name is most widespread in China, where it is borne by 19,324,112 people, or 1 in 71. Aside from China Sun is found in 183 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 0 percent reside and Cambodia, where 0 percent reside.
Sun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sun has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sun last name expanded 19,446 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 22,538 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sun last name is principally Orthodox (72%) in Russia, Orthodox (91%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (79%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Sun last name are 5.72% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.95% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sun earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 82.1% less than the national average, earning €5,375 per year; in Norway they earn 8.94% less than the national average, earning 315,140 kr per year; in Peru they earn 36.16% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,395 per year; in South Africa they earn 8.26% more than the national average, earning R 257,268 per year; in Vietnam they earn 46.73% more than the national average, earning 120,968,000 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 23.17% more than the national average, earning $53,147 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.26% more than the national average, earning $52,792 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sun in the Marathi language | ||
| सुन | suna | 90.74 |
| सून | suna | 5.56 |
| Sun in the Bengali language | ||
| সুন | suna | 71.43 |
| সুনীল | sunila | 14.29 |
| সুনু | sunu | 14.29 |
| Sun in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁନ | suna | 59.33 |
| ଶୁନ | suna | 24.95 |
| ସୁନା | suna | 5.24 |
| ଶୂନ | suna | 5.03 |
| ସୁନ୍ | sun | 1.68 |
| ଶୁନ୍ | sun | 0.63 |
| Sun in the Hindi language | ||
| सुन | suna | 43.38 |
| सुन्दर | sundara | 34.4 |
| सून | suna | 6.7 |
| सुन्दरी | sundari | 5.02 |
| सुन्दरलाल | sundaralala | 3.2 |
| सुनीता | sunita | 2.59 |
| सुन् | sun | 1.37 |
| Sun in the Tibetan language | ||
| སཱན་ | sen | 38.6 |
| སན་ | sen | 36.84 |
| སུན་ | sün | 22.81 |
| སན | sen | 1.75 |
| Sun in the Russian language | ||
| Сун | sun | - |
| Sun in the Arabic language | ||
| صن | sn | - |
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