Sunugu Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sunugu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sunugu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Sunugu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sunugu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sunugu is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunugu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sunugu is the 3,228,735th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Sunugu live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea Sunugu is mostly concentrated in: Enga, where 92 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 8 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sunungu928/
Shunungu861/
Junugu833/
Sonugu833/
Sounougou8054/
Jhunugu771/
Sounhougou751/
Zunigu673/
Sonogu671/
Shinigu621/

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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 Sunugu
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