Sunawan Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Sunawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4551:290,65825,966
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409

Sunawan (3,506) may also be a first name.

Sunawan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sunawan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sunawan is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunawan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 617,991st most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. The last name Sunawan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sunawan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sunawan is also the 119,880th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 3,506 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 455 people, or 1 in 290,658. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 38 percent live, East Java, where 22 percent live and Central Java, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 6 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.

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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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  • 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 Sunawan
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