Sunje Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Sunje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Šunje (311) are calculated separately.
Sunje (51) may also be a first name.
Sunje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sunje (Hindi: सूंजे, Marathi: सुंजे) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Šunje. Click here for further potential spellings of Sunje.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunje? popularity and diffusion
Sunje is the 2,237,939th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Sunje live; 29 percent live in South Asia and 29 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,396,783rd most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 51 people.
The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 36,526,923. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 86 percent are found and Karnataka, where 14 percent are found. Outside of India Sunje is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and Sweden, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunje in the Hindi language | ||
| सूंजे | sunje | - |
| Sunje in the Marathi language | ||
| सुंजे | sunje | 85.71 |
| सुन्जे | sunje | 14.29 |
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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 Sunje
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