Sunni Surname
Approximately 15,130 people bear this surname
Sunni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 6,742 | 1:13,636 | 1,635 |
| Libya | 3,406 | 1:1,833 | 558 |
| Pakistan | 3,049 | 1:58,591 | 2,259 |
| India | 618 | 1:1,241,206 | 49,394 |
| Nigeria | 531 | 1:333,602 | 18,198 |
| Afghanistan | 196 | 1:164,047 | 3,374 |
| Iran | 171 | 1:449,021 | 27,694 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| Indonesia | 99 | 1:1,335,850 | 92,420 |
| Turkey | 35 | 1:2,223,469 | 73,459 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Cambodia | 21 | 1:737,483 | 4,850 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Sunni (21,428) may also be a first name.
Sunni Demographics
Average Sunni Salary in
United States
$19,403 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sunni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sunni (Arabic: سنيّا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻨﻲ, Hindi: सुन्नी, Marathi: सनी, Oriya: ସୁନନ୍ୀ) occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunni? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sunni is the 34,979th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 481,662 people. Sunni is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Sunni reside; 67 percent reside in North Africa and 67 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 35,904th most common first name on earth, borne by 21,428 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 6,742 people, or 1 in 13,636. Outside of Egypt this last name is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in Libya, where 23 percent are found and Pakistan, where 20 percent are found.
Sunni Last Name Statistics demography
Sunni earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 55.03% less than the national average, earning $19,403 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunni in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻨﻲ | alsny | - |
| Sunni in the Hindi language | ||
| सुन्नी | sunni | 91.62 |
| सन्नी | sanni | 3.83 |
| सून्नी | sunni | 1.25 |
| सुननी | sunani | 0.89 |
| सनी | sani | 0.71 |
| सूंणी | sunni | 0.45 |
| सुन्नि | sunni | 0.27 |
| सुऩ्नी | sunni | 0.18 |
| सुंनी | sunni | 0.18 |
| शनि | sani | 0.18 |
| शन्नी | sanni | 0.09 |
| सुंणी | sunni | 0.09 |
| मुन्नी | munni | 0.09 |
| Sunni in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁନନ୍ୀ | sunani | 50 |
| ସୁନନ୍ି | sunani | 25 |
| ସୁନି | suni | 25 |
| Sunni in the Marathi language | ||
| सनी | sani | 36.36 |
| सुने | sune | 36.36 |
| सुन् | sun | 18.18 |
| सांनी | sanni | 9.09 |
| Sunni in the Arabic language | ||
| سنيّا | snya | - |
| سَني | sany | - |
| سني | sny | - |
| سنّي | sny | - |
| سنية | snyt | - |
| سنيا | snya | - |
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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 Sunni
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