Sunama Surname
Approximately 608 people bear this surname
Sunama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 244 | 1:289,501 | 49,813 |
| Nigeria | 242 | 1:731,995 | 33,424 |
| Indonesia | 80 | 1:1,653,115 | 108,474 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sunama (1,296) may also be a first name.
Sunama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sunama (Hindi: सुनमा, Marathi: सुणमा, Oriya: ସୁନାମା) is most common in Thailand. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sunama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sunama is the 531,574th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 11,986,095 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Sunama reside; 53 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Sunama is also the 218,669th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 1,296 people.
The surname Sunama is most frequent in Thailand, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 289,501. In Thailand it is most numerous in: Nakhon Sawan Province, where 65 percent live, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 29 percent live and Bangkok, where 4 percent live. Not including Thailand this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 40 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunama in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁନାମା | sunama | 89.34 |
| ସୁନାମ | sunama | 4.57 |
| ଶୁନାମା | sunama | 3.05 |
| ସୁନମା | sunama | 1.52 |
| ଶୁନମା | sunama | 0.51 |
| Sunama in the Hindi language | ||
| सुनमा | sunama | 50 |
| सुनामा | sunama | 50 |
| Sunama in the Marathi language | ||
| सुणमा | sunama | 44.44 |
| सुनामा | sunama | 33.33 |
| सुनमा | sunama | 11.11 |
| सुमना | sumana | 11.11 |
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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 Sunama
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