Sunset Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Sunset Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sunset (944) may also be a first name.
Sunset Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunset Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sunset (Bengali: সানসেট) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunset? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sunset is the 3,055,934th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 56 percent of Sunset live; 56 percent live in Oceania Islands and 56 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 262,971st most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 944 people.
The surname Sunset is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Eastern Highlands, where 87 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 4 percent live and West New Britain, where 4 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunset Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunset in the Bengali language | ||
| সানসেট | sanaseta | - |
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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
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- 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 Sunset
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