Sunting Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Sunting Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 133 | 1:221,761 | 12,837 |
| Brunei | 37 | 1:11,317 | 1,397 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
Sunting (1,207) may also be a first name.
Sunting Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunting Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sunting occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunting? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,152,132nd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sunting live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 227,976th most widespread given name globally It is held by 1,207 people.
The surname Sunting is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 221,761. In Malaysia Sunting is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 53 percent are found, Sabah, where 43 percent are found and Selangor, where 2 percent are found. Besides Malaysia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brunei, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shunting | 93 | 3 | / |
| Saunting | 93 | 1 | / |
| Suntin | 92 | 27 | / |
| Cunting | 86 | 128 | / |
| Junting | 86 | 95 | / |
| Sunthin | 86 | 85 | / |
| Sunteng | 86 | 68 | / |
| Suintin | 86 | 5 | / |
| Zunting | 86 | 5 | / |
| Suntina | 86 | 5 | / |
| Sonting | 86 | 2 | / |
| Suntien | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sountin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chunting | 80 | 87 | / |
| Shonting | 80 | 25 | / |
| Cuntting | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jounting | 80 | 1 | / |
| Junthing | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jaunting | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sunthien | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soonting | 80 | 1 | / |
| Suinteng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shauntin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shuntina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sunten | 77 | 102 | / |
| Sontin | 77 | 15 | / |
| Zuntin | 77 | 2 | / |
| Suntim | 77 | 2 | / |
| Juntng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sumtin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shauntina | 75 | 0 | / |
| Zountin | 71 | 162 | / |
| Suinten | 71 | 106 | / |
| Zonting | 71 | 96 | / |
| Sonteng | 71 | 33 | / |
| Shumtin | 71 | 21 | / |
| Junteng | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chuntin | 71 | 3 | / |
| Zuintin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chumting | 67 | 40 | / |
| Sucinten | 67 | 18 | / |
| Chuntink | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chunteng | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sunting
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