Sunju Surname
Approximately 395 people bear this surname
Sunju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 366 | 1:483,997 | 24,298 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sunju (1,406) may also be a first name.
Sunju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sunju (Bengali: সঞ্জু, Hindi: सुन्जू, Marathi: सुंजु) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunju? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sunju is the 733,258th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 18,449,483 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Sunju are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 208,413th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 1,406 people.
The surname Sunju is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 483,997. In Nigeria Sunju is most frequent in: Rivers, where 51 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 36 percent are found and Edo, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 3 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunju Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunju in the Bengali language | ||
| সঞ্জু | sanju | - |
| Sunju in the Marathi language | ||
| सुंजु | sunju | 40 |
| सुंजू | sunju | 30 |
| संजू | sanju | 10 |
| संजु | sanju | 10 |
| सुज् | suj | 10 |
| Sunju in the Hindi language | ||
| सुन्जू | sunju | 32.84 |
| सुंजू | sunju | 25.37 |
| सुन्जु | sunju | 11.94 |
| सुंजु | sunju | 7.46 |
| सूंजू | sunju | 5.97 |
| संजू | sanju | 5.97 |
| सून्जू | sunju | 4.48 |
| सन्जू | sanju | 1.49 |
| सन्जु | sanju | 1.49 |
| सुनजु | sunaju | 1.49 |
| सून्जु | sunju | 1.49 |
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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
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- 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 Sunju
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