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
Sunian (Arabic: سونيان, Oriya: ସୁନିଆଁ) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Suñian. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunian? popularity and diffusion
Sunian is the 2,047,559th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sunian live; 67 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 113,583rd most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 3,827 people.
This last name is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 2,154,005. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Eastern Visayas, where 64 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 17 percent reside and Ilocos, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 31 percent reside and Indonesia, where 7 percent reside.
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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