Sunkes Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sunkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States841:4,314,987229,510
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Sunkes (16) may also be a first name.

Sunkes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sunkes occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sunkes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunkes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,020,555th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Sunkes live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread forename throughout the world It is held by 16 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 4,314,987. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 56 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Ohio, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and Paraguay, where 1 percent live.

Sunkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sunkes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sunkes surname increased 2,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sunkes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sunkes last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.55% registered with the party.

Sunkes earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.63% less than the national average, earning $35,543 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sunkees9221/
Shunkes920/
Schunkes861/
Junkes833,162/
Sonkes8326/
Sunkis8315/
Sunkez831/
Junckes771,335/
Sunches7715/
Sonkesh7714/
Shunkis772/
Sunkiss771/
Jusnkes771/
Sunkays771/
Songkes771/
Shinkes770/
Saunches7160/
Sunchess7116/
Sunquest7116/
Junkis675/
Zünkes671/
Zunkis671/
Jumkes671/
Sonkis671/

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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 Sunkes
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