Sunkis Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sunkis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunkis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
United States71:51,779,848968,877

Sunkis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sunkis is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunkis? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Sunkis live; 53 percent live in Oceania Islands and 53 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Sunkis is mostly found in: Enga, where 88 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 47 percent reside.

Sunkis Last Name Statistics demography

Sunkis earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.73% less than the national average, earning $34,203 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shunkis922/
Sunkiss921/
Sunkes8386/
Junkis835/
Zunkis831/
Sonkis831/
Sonkiss7730/
Sunkees7721/
Shinkis775/
Suncais772/
Sunqist772/
Shumkis771/
Junkisz771/
Sunkays771/
Shunkes770/
Sunquist71200/
Schunkes711/
Sunchiss711/
Junkes673,162/
Sonkes6726/
Sunnquist6723/
Sunkez671/
Sungquist671/
Jungkuist671/
Saunquist670/
Junkquist670/

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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 Sunkis
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