Sunom Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Sunom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Sunom (140) may also be a first name.
Sunom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sunom is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Sunom reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sunom is also the 781,395th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 140 people.
Sunom is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 65 percent reside and Niger, where 35 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 32 percent reside and Guatemala, 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 Sunom
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