Sununsi Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

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

Sununsi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sununsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Sununsi (19) may also be a first name.

Sununsi Last Name Facts

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

Sununsi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sununsi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sununsi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Sununsi live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sununsi is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name globally It is held by 19 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 90 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 10 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sununsa863/
Sununchai752/
Sonunse718/
Junungi711/
Zounnonsi631/
Chungnungi591/
Sononsa572/
Sononse571/
Chumnunchit562/
Jununger534/
Chununge531/

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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 Sununsi
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