Sunus Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Sunus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Sunus (166) may also be a first name.
Sunus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sunus (Hindi: सुनुस, Marathi: सुनुस) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunus? popularity and diffusion
Sunus is the 1,931,261st most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Sunus live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 710,504th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 166 people.
The surname Sunus is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 3,406,592. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kano, where 63 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent reside and Oyo, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent reside and Malaysia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunus in the Hindi language | ||
| सुनुस | sunusa | 64.71 |
| सूनुस | sunusa | 23.53 |
| सूनूस | sunusa | 5.88 |
| सुनूस | sunusa | 5.88 |
| Sunus in the Marathi language | ||
| सुनुस | sunusa | 56.82 |
| सुनूस | sunusa | 27.27 |
| सूनूस | sunusa | 4.55 |
| युनूस | yunusa | 4.55 |
| सुनूसािहम | sunusaihama | 2.27 |
| मसुनूस | masunusa | 2.27 |
| सुनूसाहीम | sunusahima | 2.27 |
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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 Sunus
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