Sunlight Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Sunlight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunlight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sunlight (183) may also be a first name.

Sunlight Last Name Facts

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

Sunlight is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunlight? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Sunlight occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sunlight live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 673,127th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 183 people.

The surname Sunlight is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 93 percent reside and Rivers, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 31 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

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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 Sunlight
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