Sunja Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Sunja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Šunja (9) are calculated separately.
Sunja (769) may also be a first name.
Sunja Demographics
Average Sunja Salary in
Norway
200,246 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Sunja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sunja (Georgian: სუნჯა, Hindi: सूंजा, Marathi: सुनजा) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Šunja. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sunja.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Sunja live; 23 percent live in East Africa and 23 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 296,002nd most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 769 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,529,441. In Tanzania Sunja is mostly found in: Singida Region, where 60 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 27 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.
Sunja Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sunja has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sunja last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sunja Last Name Statistics demography
Sunja earn a lot less than the average income. In Norway they earn 42.14% less than the national average, earning 200,246 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunja in the Georgian language | ||
| სუნჯა | sunja | - |
| Sunja in the Marathi language | ||
| सुनजा | sunaja | 50 |
| सुंजा | sunja | 37.5 |
| सुन्जा | sunja | 12.5 |
| Sunja in the Hindi language | ||
| सूंजा | sunja | 40.85 |
| सुंजा | sunja | 28.66 |
| सुन्जा | sunja | 24.39 |
| सुनजा | sunaja | 4.27 |
| सून्जा | sunja | 1.22 |
| सूनजा | sunaja | 0.61 |
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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 Sunja
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