Sunawar Surname

403,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Sunawar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunawar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal6811:41,8221,379
Indonesia991:1,335,85092,420
India621:12,372,022220,417
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765

Sunawar (787) may also be a first name.

Sunawar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sunawar (Hindi: सुनवार, Oriya: ସୁନୱାର) is found in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunawar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 403,615th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,386,129 people. Sunawar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sunawar live; 87 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 292,224th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 787 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Nepal, where it is borne by 681 people, or 1 in 41,822. In Nepal it is mostly concentrated in: Janakpur, where 26 percent are found, Narayani, where 15 percent are found and Bagmati, where 12 percent are found. Barring Nepal this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sunawar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunawar in the Hindi language
सुनवारsunavara-
Sunawar in the Oriya language
ସୁନୱାରsunawara60
ସୁନନ୍ାଓାରsunanaoara20
ବିୁସୁନୱାରbiusunawara20

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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 Sunawar
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