Sunang Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Sunang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 282 | 1:104,589 | 7,099 |
| Indonesia | 129 | 1:1,025,188 | 74,895 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sunang (511) may also be a first name.
Sunang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sunang (Bengali: সুনাঙ্গ, Oriya: ସୁନା) has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sunang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sunang is the 658,434th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 15,946,490 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Sunang live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 90 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sunang is also the 374,142nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 511 people.
Sunang is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 104,589. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Sarawak, where 89 percent reside, Johor, where 5 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 28 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunang in the Bengali language | ||
| সুনাঙ্গ | sunanga | - |
| Sunang in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁନା | suna | 50 |
| ସୁନାଂ | sunam | 50 |
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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 Sunang
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