Sunnu Surname
Approximately 743 people bear this surname
Sunnu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Turkey | 190 | 1:409,586 | 24,710 |
| India | 80 | 1:9,588,317 | 188,446 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Sünnü (2) are calculated separately.
Sunnu (2,614) may also be a first name.
Sunnu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunnu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sunnu (Hindi: सुन्नू, Marathi: सुन्झु) is found most frequently in Ghana. It may appear as a variant: Sünnü. Click here for further possible spellings of Sunnu.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunnu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 455,757th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,808,272 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Sunnu live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sunnu is also the 143,742nd most numerous first name globally, held by 2,614 people.
The surname Sunnu is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Besides Ghana this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 26 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunnu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunnu in the Hindi language | ||
| सुन्नू | sunnu | 80.97 |
| सुन्नु | sunnu | 13.36 |
| सून्नू | sunnu | 3.64 |
| सुननू | sunanu | 0.81 |
| सून्नु | sunnu | 0.4 |
| शून्नू | sunnu | 0.4 |
| सुन्न्ू | sunnu | 0.4 |
| Sunnu in the Marathi language | ||
| सुन्झु | sunjhu | 50 |
| सुननु | sunanu | 50 |
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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 Sunnu
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