Sunana Surname
Approximately 401 people bear this surname
Sunana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 242 | 1:731,995 | 33,424 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85 | 1:95,926 | 12,852 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Maldives | 8 | 1:50,522 | 2,455 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sunana (1,308) may also be a first name.
Sunana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sunana (Arabic: سوناني, Hindi: सुनाना, Marathi: सुनाना, Oriya: ସୁନାନା) occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunana? popularity and diffusion
Sunana is the 725,073rd most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 18,173,431 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Sunana live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 217,464th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 1,308 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria Sunana is most numerous in: Yobe, where 33 percent reside, Adamawa, where 7 percent reside and Gombe, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Sunana is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunana in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁନାନା | sunana | 70 |
| ସୁନନା | sunana | 10 |
| ସୁନଁଆ | sunama | 10 |
| ଶୁେନାନା | suenana | 10 |
| Sunana in the Marathi language | ||
| सुनाना | sunana | 53.33 |
| सुनंदा | sunanda | 13.33 |
| सुनना | sunana | 13.33 |
| सुनं | sunam | 6.67 |
| सुिनता | suinata | 6.67 |
| संजय | sanjaya | 6.67 |
| Sunana in the Hindi language | ||
| सुनाना | sunana | 34.29 |
| सुनैना | sunaina | 31.43 |
| सुनना | sunana | 14.29 |
| सुणना | sunana | 8.57 |
| सुनेना | sunena | 5.71 |
| सूणना | sunana | 2.86 |
| सुनणा | sunana | 2.86 |
| Sunana in the Arabic language | ||
| سوناني | swnany | - |
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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 Sunana
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