Sunian Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Sunian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 47 | 1:2,154,005 | 122,929 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
The alternate forms: Suñian (3) are calculated separately.
Sunian (3,827) may also be a first name.
Sunian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sunian (Arabic: سونيان, Oriya: ସୁନିଆଁ) occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Suñian. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunian? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sunian is the 2,047,559th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sunian are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 56 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Sunian is also the 113,583rd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 3,827 people.
It is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 2,154,005. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 64 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 17 percent are found and Ilocos, where 9 percent are found. Not including The Philippines Sunian exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 31 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunian in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁନିଆଁ | suni'am | 93.14 |
| ଶୁନିଆଁ | suni'am | 3.35 |
| ସୁନୀଆଁ | suni'am | 1.14 |
| ସୂନିଆଁ | suni'am | 0.49 |
| ଶୁନୀଆଁ | suni'am | 0.41 |
| ସୁନିଆ | suni'a | 0.41 |
| ସୁନିଆନ | suni'ana | 0.16 |
| ସୁନିଅଁ | suni'am | 0.16 |
| ସୁନିଆଂ | suni'am | 0.16 |
| ସୁନିଆନ୍ | suni'an | 0.08 |
| ଶୁଣିଆଁ | suni'am | 0.08 |
| ସୁମିମଣୀ | sumimani | 0.08 |
| ମୁନିଆଁ | muni'am | 0.08 |
| ସୁମିତା | sumita | 0.08 |
| Sunian in the Arabic language | ||
| سونيان | swnyan | - |
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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 Sunian
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