Sunayan Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Sunayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines621:1,632,875108,878
India251:30,682,615377,978
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Sunayan (3,798) may also be a first name.

Sunayan Last Name Facts

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

Sunayan (Bengali: সুনয়ন, Hindi: सुनयन, Marathi: सुनयन, Oriya: ସୁନୟନ) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunayan? popularity and diffusion

Sunayan is the 1,828,462nd most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname Sunayan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sunayan reside; 75 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 61 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 114,118th most frequent forename globally, borne by 3,798 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 1,632,875. In The Philippines Sunayan is most numerous in: Mimaropa, where 98 percent live and Central Luzon, where 2 percent live. Beside The Philippines this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent live and Indonesia, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sunayan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunayan in the Bengali language
সুনয়নsunayana85.71
সুনয়ণsunayana14.29
Sunayan in the Marathi language
सुनयनsunayana69.23
सुनयनाsunayana15.38
सुनयानsunayana7.69
सुनयनारामsunayanarama3.85
उदयनudayana3.85
Sunayan in the Hindi language
सुनयनsunayana38.89
सुनायनsunayana33.33
सुनयानsunayana11.11
सूनयानsunayana5.56
सुनायांsunayam5.56
सुनयनाsunayana5.56
Sunayan in the Oriya language
ସୁନୟନsunayana36.36
ସୁନାୟନsunayana27.27
ସୁନଯ଼ନsunayana9.09
ସୁନୟନାଇଁsunayana'im9.09
ସୁନୟନାsunayana9.09
ସୁନୟାନsunayana9.09

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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 Sunayan
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