Sunar Surname
Approximately 227,782 people bear this surname
Sunar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 199,324 | 1:143 | 29 |
| India | 16,469 | 1:46,576 | 3,227 |
| Turkey | 7,977 | 1:9,756 | 1,293 |
| Indonesia | 1,528 | 1:86,551 | 9,078 |
| Qatar | 1,036 | 1:2,276 | 199 |
| Malaysia | 404 | 1:73,006 | 5,267 |
| United Arab Emirates | 256 | 1:35,790 | 3,775 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Bhutan | 185 | 1:3,330 | 209 |
| England | 70 | 1:795,972 | 43,050 |
| United States | 63 | 1:5,753,316 | 282,354 |
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
| Afghanistan | 18 | 1:1,786,288 | 13,520 |
| Northern Cyprus | 18 | 1:17,723 | 4,398 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Sunár (1) & Suñar (1) are calculated separately.
Sunar (31,842) may also be a first name.
Sunar Demographics
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Sunar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sunar (Bengali: সোনার, Hindi: सुनार, Marathi: सुनार, Oriya: ସୁନାର, Russian: Сунар, Tibetan: སུ་ནར།) is found in Nepal more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Sunár or Suñar. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,421st most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 31,994 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sunar reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sunar is also the 26,642nd most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 31,842 people.
The surname Sunar is most frequent in Nepal, where it is borne by 199,324 people, or 1 in 143. In Nepal Sunar is primarily found in: Bheri, where 20 percent live, Rapti, where 17 percent live and Lumbini, where 16 percent live. Beside Nepal it is found in 48 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent live and Turkey, where 4 percent live.
Sunar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sunar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sunar surname rose 6,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sunar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sunar last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.
The amount Sunar earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.29% more than the national average, earning $45,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.12% less than the national average, earning $41,179 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunar in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁନାର | sunara | 90.63 |
| ଶୁନାର | sunara | 5.29 |
| ସୁନର | sunara | 0.72 |
| ସୂନାର | sunara | 0.48 |
| ସୂତାର | sutara | 0.24 |
| ସୁନା | suna | 0.24 |
| ସୁର | sura | 0.24 |
| ସୁଣର | sunara | 0.24 |
| ସୁନାର୍ | sunar | 0.24 |
| Sunar in the Marathi language | ||
| सुनार | sunara | 90.36 |
| सुनर | sunara | 2.21 |
| सोनार | sonara | 2.09 |
| सुणार | sunara | 1.63 |
| सूनार | sunara | 0.7 |
| सुतार | sutara | 0.46 |
| सुनारे | sunare | 0.46 |
| Sunar in the Tibetan language | ||
| སུ་ནར། | sunar | 86.4 |
| སུན་ཝར། | sünwar | 5.6 |
| སུན་ནར། | sünnar | 4.8 |
| སུ་ནར | sunar | 2.4 |
| སུ་ནར་། | sunar | 0.8 |
| Sunar in the Bengali language | ||
| সোনার | sonara | 60 |
| সুনার | sunara | 40 |
| Sunar in the Hindi language | ||
| सुनार | sunara | 51.16 |
| सुनर | sunara | 46.37 |
| सूनार | sunara | 0.99 |
| सूनर | sunara | 0.99 |
| सुनरा | sunara | 0.17 |
| Sunar in the Russian language | ||
| Сунар | sunar | - |
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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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