Sunman Surname

321,782nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Sunman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Soneman.' This name occurs as a personal name without surname in the Hundred Rolls (Cambridgeshire).

Soneman ad Capville, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Sunemanne del Fen, Suffolk, ibid.

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Sunman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6811:114,2759,635
England2281:244,37719,942
United States1191:3,045,873177,373
Australia271:999,84158,390
India201:38,353,269431,471
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
France121:5,535,227269,324
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
China31:455,773,85521,925
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1261:193,45515,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Sunman (1,203) may also be a first name.

Sunman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Soneman.' This name occurs as a personal name without surname in the Hundred Rolls (Cambridgeshire).

Soneman ad Capville, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Sunemanne del Fen, Suffolk, ibid.

Soneman de Pote, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Charles Soneman, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Roger Soneman, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

William Soneman, Suffolk, ibid.

1887. Married — Henry Sunman, I.H.A M., of Oxford, to Margaret Elizabeth Noddings: Standard, July 6.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) the Domesday and Anglo-Saxon Sun(e)man = Sun(ny Man [Old English sun- (sunne, sunna), sun-, sunny + man(n]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Sunman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sunman (Arabic: سونمان, Hindi: सुंमन, Marathi: सुमन) is found most frequently in Turkey. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunman? popularity and diffusion

Sunman is the 321,782nd most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,282,367 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 49 percent of Sunman are found; 46 percent are found in West Asia and 46 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Sunman is also the 228,372nd most widespread first name globally, held by 1,203 people.

This surname is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 681 people, or 1 in 114,275. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Sakarya Province, where 49 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 31 percent reside and Duzce Province, where 6 percent reside. Not including Turkey it exists in 23 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Sunman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sunman has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Sunman last name grew 181 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 331 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sunman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sunman surname are 0.45% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.78% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sunman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 958.27% more than the national average, earning S/. 205,146 per year and in United States they earn 2.19% less than the national average, earning $42,205 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sunman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunman in the Hindi language
सुंमनsummana97.52
सुुंमनsuummana0.62
सुमनsumana0.62
सुनमानsunamana0.62
सूंमनsummana0.62
Sunman in the Marathi language
सुमनsumana50
सुन्मानsunmana25
सुंमनsummana25
Sunman in the Arabic language
سونمانswnman-

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