Sunu Surname
Approximately 5,722 people bear this surname
Sunu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2,909 | 1:9,289 | 1,249 |
| Indonesia | 1,525 | 1:86,721 | 9,098 |
| Nigeria | 435 | 1:407,225 | 21,289 |
| India | 318 | 1:2,412,155 | 77,882 |
| Turkey | 175 | 1:444,694 | 26,198 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| United States | 81 | 1:4,474,802 | 235,715 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
The alternate forms: Sunú (1) are calculated separately.
Sunu (35,624) may also be a first name.
Sunu Demographics
Average Sunu Salary in
United States
$75,590 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sunu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sunu (Bengali: সুনু, Georgian: სუნუ, Hindi: सुनू, Marathi: सुनु, Oriya: ସୁନୁ, Russian: Суну) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Sunú. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 84,439th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,273,601 people. Sunu is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Sunu are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 24,403rd most widespread first name on earth, borne by 35,624 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 2,909 people, or 1 in 9,289. Other than Ghana this last name is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Sunu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sunu last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% registered with the party.
Sunu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 75.18% more than the national average, earning $75,590 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunu in the Georgian language | ||
| სუნუ | sunu | - |
| Sunu in the Bengali language | ||
| সুনু | sunu | 92.45 |
| সুনো | suno | 1.89 |
| শুনু | sunu | 1.89 |
| সূনু | sunu | 1.89 |
| Sunu in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁନୁ | sunu | 85.97 |
| ଶୁନୁ | sunu | 11.54 |
| ସୁଣୁ | sunu | 0.68 |
| ସନୁ | sanu | 0.45 |
| ଶୁଣୁ | sunu | 0.23 |
| ସୁନା | suna | 0.23 |
| େସାନୁ | esanu | 0.23 |
| ସୁନୂ | sunu | 0.23 |
| Sunu in the Marathi language | ||
| सुनु | sunu | 72.06 |
| सुनू | sunu | 20.59 |
| सूनु | sunu | 5.88 |
| सूनू | sunu | 1.47 |
| Sunu in the Hindi language | ||
| सुनू | sunu | 53.66 |
| सुनु | sunu | 17.07 |
| सूनू | sunu | 8.94 |
| सोनू | sonu | 7.32 |
| सुनुआ | sunu'a | 4.07 |
| सौनू | saunu | 2.44 |
| सीनू | sinu | 0.81 |
| सोनु | sonu | 0.81 |
| साूनू | saunu | 0.81 |
| सेानू | seanu | 0.81 |
| सूनु | sunu | 0.81 |
| Sunu in the Russian language | ||
| Суну | sunu | - |
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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 Sunu
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