Sunk Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Sunk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1401:60,8259,489
India281:27,395,192354,286
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
China31:455,773,85521,925
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Šunk (19) are calculated separately.

Sunk (117) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šunk9219/
Sunke895,075/
Shunk892,734/
Saunk89152/
Sunkh899/
Sungk893/
Sounk893/
Sunks892/
Sunck892/
Scunk891/
Suink891/
Szunk891/
Schunk807,742/
Szunke8070/
Sounke8051/
Sungke8039/
Shounk8019/
Sunkhe8018/
Shunke8016/
Shunck8016/
Seunke8011/
Saunke809/
Shuenk806/
Sunkke804/
Shaunk803/
Sunnke802/
Scunck802/
Shunks801/
Sungks801/
Szhunk800/
Sung7540,877/
Junk757,768/
Zunk75785/
Sonk75273/
Cunk75144/
Sunc756/
Sunq755/
Žunk753/
Sunx752/
Schunck733,235/
Sunková7372/
Schunks7328/
Schuink7327/
Sunkova7322/
Sausenk7315/
Shuenck7314/
Saunkhe7313/
Schjunk736/
Shounke732/
Schounk731/
Shungke731/
Schunnk731/
Shuenqk731/
Sussenk730/
Saung675,198/
Suing673,404/
Soung672,141/
Jungk671,823/
Shonk671,731/
Junck671,166/
Shunkova671,140/
Seung671,068/
Siung67789/
Shung67742/
Shink67697/
Sungh67520/
Zunke67353/
Junke67300/
Sungg6799/
Schuncke6793/
Hsung6775/
Zunck6733/
Songk6723/
Jaunk677/
Sungt677/
Suhng675/
Sutng675/
Szumk675/
Sounq675/
Junnk673/
Sungs673/
Juhnk673/
Sungp673/
Jounk671/
Zeunk671/
Schumnck671/
Suinx671/
Susng671/
Sumck671/
Szonk671/
Szchunke671/
Šunke671/
Schunnck671/
Schucenk671/
Schounck671/
Sungz671/
Sunqu671/
Schunhck671/
Sonkh671/
Suung671/
Sumng671/
Jsung671/
Schaunck670/
Counk670/
Shumk670/
Schunnke670/

Sunk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunk in the Hindi language
सुंकsunka66.67
सूंकsunka33.33
Sunk in the Marathi language
सुंकsunka66.67
सुनकsunaka33.33

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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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