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) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Šunja. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of Sunja are found; 23 percent are found in East Africa and 23 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 296,002nd most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 769 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,529,441. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 60 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 27 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Sunja is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
Sunja Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sunja has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 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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