Sunji Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Sunji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 231 | 1:766,852 | 34,601 |
| Kenya | 119 | 1:388,066 | 22,003 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sunji (373) may also be a first name.
Sunji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sunji (Hindi: सुंजी, Marathi: सुंजी, Oriya: ସୁି) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Sunji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 687,524th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,908,459 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Sunji reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 449,413th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 373 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 766,852. In Nigeria Sunji is most numerous in: Abia, where 39 percent are found, Taraba, where 38 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 28 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunji in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁି | sui | - |
| Sunji in the Marathi language | ||
| सुंजी | sunji | 75 |
| सुनजी | sunaji | 25 |
| Sunji in the Hindi language | ||
| सुंजी | sunji | 38.46 |
| सुन्जी | sunji | 34.62 |
| सूंजी | sunji | 11.54 |
| सुनजी | sunaji | 11.54 |
| सून्जी | sunji | 3.85 |
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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 Sunji
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