Sunuma Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

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

Sunuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Sunuma (62) may also be a first name.

Sunuma Last Name Facts

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

Sunuma is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunuma? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 11,742,229th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Sunuma reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sunuma is also the 1,246,114th most frequent first name internationally, held by 62 people.

The last name Sunuma is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 177,142,758. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sunguma92348/
Shunuma9219/
Sunumai921/
Sunumaut862/
Sunoma8369/
Sunima8340/
Sunumi8318/
Sonuma8314/
Junuma834/
Soungouma802/
Sunimah7757/
Sunumit7752/
Zunguma7745/
Shinuma771/
Sungumi771/
Zunumah771/
Sounoma771/
Shunima770/
Chounuma7131/
Sounumoh713/
Sunumous711/
Chunnuma711/
Sonoma67186/
Sunomo677/
Zunima676/
Sunomi675/
Sonumo673/
Soungoumi672/
Sounnoumi671/
Zhunusmat671/

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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 Sunuma
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