Sungai Surname
Approximately 1,319 people bear this surname
Sungai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,087 | 1:14,203 | 1,964 |
| Papua New Guinea | 143 | 1:57,019 | 7,266 |
| Malaysia | 41 | 1:719,371 | 33,828 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Zambia | 17 | 1:932,348 | 29,315 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sungai (1,687) may also be a first name.
Sungai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sungai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sungai (Oriya: ସୁାଇ) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sungai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 290,346th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,525,054 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Sungai are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sungai is also the 187,318th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 1,687 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,087 people, or 1 in 14,203. In Zimbabwe Sungai is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 36 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 33 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found and Malaysia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sungai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sungai in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁାଇ | sua'i | - |
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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 Sungai
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