Sunk Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Sunk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 140 | 1:60,825 | 9,489 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Šunk (19) are calculated separately.
Sunk (117) may also be a first name.
Sunk Demographics
Average Sunk Salary in
United States
$20,308 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sunk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sunk (Hindi: सुंक, Marathi: सुंक) occurs more in Austria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Šunk. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunk? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,115,011th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Sunk live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 864,112th most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 117 people.
The surname is most frequent in Austria, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 60,825. In Austria it is most frequent in: Lower Austria, where 94 percent live, Salzburg, where 1 percent live and Styria, where 1 percent live. Not including Austria Sunk exists in 11 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.
Sunk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sunk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sunk last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sunk Last Name Statistics demography
Sunk earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.94% less than the national average, earning $20,308 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunk in the Hindi language | ||
| सुंक | sunka | 66.67 |
| सूंक | sunka | 33.33 |
| Sunk in the Marathi language | ||
| सुंक | sunka | 66.67 |
| सुनक | sunaka | 33.33 |
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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 Sunk
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