Sunkanmi Surname

866,642nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sunkanmi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunkanmi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2981:594,43928,543
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Sunkanmi (5,276) may also be a first name.

Sunkanmi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sunkanmi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sunkanmi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunkanmi? popularity and diffusion

Sunkanmi is the 866,642nd most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,282,894 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Sunkanmi live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sunkanmi is also the 93,034th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 5,276 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 298 people, or 1 in 594,439. In Nigeria Sunkanmi is primarily found in: Ogun, where 30 percent are found, Lagos, where 25 percent are found and Ondo, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Sunkanmi
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