Sunum Surname

528,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 613 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Sunum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala4011:40,1062,075
Indonesia1101:1,202,26584,863
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sunum (69) may also be a first name.

Sunum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sunum (Hindi: सुनुम) is held by more people in Guatemala than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 528,243rd most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 11,888,329 people. The surname Sunum occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Sunum reside; 65 percent reside in Central America and 65 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. Sunum is also the 1,171,416th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 69 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Guatemala, where it is borne by 401 people, or 1 in 40,106. In Guatemala Sunum is primarily found in: Quetzaltenango Department, where 72 percent live, Suchitepéquez Department, where 21 percent live and Baja Verapaz Department, where 2 percent live. Besides Guatemala this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sutnum91101/
Sungum9185/
Sunnum912/
Shunum911/
Suenoum837/
Sungoum834/
Sungnum831/
Shungum831/
Suhngum831/
Sunheum831/
Sunun801,747/
Zunum80140/
Sonum8046/
Sunom8028/
Junum806/
Xunum801/
Uansunum771/
Sungun73806/
Shunom7394/
Sunung7351/
Sonhum7351/
Sunune7325/
Juinum7317/
Junnum7315/
Juynum7314/
Sunnun739/
Sununt734/
Junoum734/
Sunoun734/
Chunum734/
Sonnum733/
Sunaun732/
Cunaum732/
Sunnom732/
Sonumm732/
Sounom731/
Sounun731/
Sumnun731/
Zungum731/
Jutnum731/
Sonaum731/
Sunhun731/
Suinom731/
Chumnum67879/
Sounoun6730/
Chuinum6716/
Chunuim677/
Sungnun676/
Sunusin673/
Sunaune673/
Saunoun672/
Chugnum672/
Sungoun672/
Saunune672/
Sununth671/
Sounnun671/
Saungun671/
Sungaun671/
Suttnun671/
Chunume671/
Chunnum671/
Junnuim671/
Suynhun671/
Shinaum671/
Juynoum671/
Junheum671/

Sunum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunum in the Hindi language
सुनुमsunuma-

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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 Sunum
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