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
The last name Sunana (Arabic: سوناني, Hindi: सुनाना, Marathi: सुनाना, Oriya: ସୁନାନା) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 725,073rd most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 18,173,431 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Sunana live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sunana is also the 217,464th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 1,308 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria Sunana is most frequent in: Yobe, where 33 percent reside, Adamawa, where 7 percent reside and Gombe, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common 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 | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Sunana
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis