Sunney Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Sunney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
The alternate forms: Sünney (51) are calculated separately.
Sunney (231) may also be a first name.
Sunney Demographics
Average Sunney Salary in
United States
$39,417 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sunney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunney Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sunney occurs most in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms: Sünney. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunney? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,828,462nd most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname Sunney is mostly found in Africa, where 32 percent of Sunney are found; 32 percent are found in Northern Europe and 31 percent are found in British Isles. Sunney is also the 590,311th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 231 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 1,934,918. In South Africa it is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 61 percent reside and Gauteng, where 39 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in England, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.
Sunney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sunney has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Sunney surname rose 900 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it decreased 51 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sunney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sunney surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Sunney surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered with the party.
The amount Sunney earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 22.46% less than the national average, earning R 184,272 per year and in United States they earn 8.65% less than the national average, earning $39,417 USD per year.
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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 Sunney
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