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 most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sungai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 290,346th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,525,054 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Sungai live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sungai is also the 187,318th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,687 people.
Sungai is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,087 people, or 1 in 14,203. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 36 percent live, Midlands Province, where 33 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.
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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