Sunket Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Sunket Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India141:54,790,384527,769
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Sunket (22) may also be a first name.

Sunket Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sunket (Marathi: संकेत) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunket? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sunket reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sunket is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 22 people.

The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India Sunket is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 93 percent live and Maharashtra, where 7 percent live. Beside India this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 29 percent live and Thailand, where 18 percent live.

Sunket Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sunket has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sunkett92111/
Sungket9223/
Sunkete924/
Saungket861/
Sunkit83442/
Junket8375/
Sonket8333/
Sumket831/
Sunked831/
Zunket830/
Sungkit77798/
Sunchet7747/
Songket7728/
Jungket7714/
Chunket7710/
Junkeit773/
Shunkit772/
Junkhet771/
Sunkoit771/
Cuncket771/
Sunkith771/
Junkett771/
Sunquet770/
Jungkeit71150/
Chunkhet7195/
Zounkete7120/
Sunquest7116/
Sungkoit717/
Chaunket715/
Songkeat714/
Jungkett712/
Sunquiet712/
Songkiet712/
Schuhnkecht711/
Chunkeat711/
Sungkait711/
Sungkuit711/
Sonkit67100/
Zunkit675/
Jumket671/
Junked671/
Chuinkeat671/

Sunket Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunket in the Marathi language
संकेतsanketa60
सुकेटsuketa40

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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 Sunket
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis