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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 725,073rd most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Sunana are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sunana is also the 217,464th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 1,308 people.
Sunana is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 731,995. In Nigeria Sunana is most common in: Yobe, where 33 percent are found, Adamawa, where 7 percent are found and Gombe, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.
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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