Sunif Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sunif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
India81:95,883,173728,828
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sunif (48) may also be a first name.

Sunif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sunif (Hindi: सुनीफ) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunif? popularity and diffusion

Sunif is the 4,307,654th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sunif reside; 62 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 57 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,448,253rd most common first name globally, held by 48 people.

This surname is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 2,457,852. In Malaysia Sunif is most common in: Selangor, where 92 percent are found and Perak, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 38 percent are found and Thailand, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sunaif9131/
Sungif915/
Sonif8068/
Junif8017/
Sunib803/
Cunif800/
Cuniff73220/
Shonif7355/
Suniev7332/
Cunnif7318/
Junaif7314/
Sunaib7310/
Junife738/
Suneef733/
Jounif732/
Sunnef731/
Sungef731/
Cunniff672,383/
Sauneuf6783/
Cunoiff675/
Shunaib673/
Souneef671/
Sunniev671/
Cauniff670/
Couniff670/

Sunif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunif in the Hindi language
सुनीफsunipha80
सुनिफsunipha20

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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 Sunif
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