Sunusi Surname

8,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70,695 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sunusi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunusi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria69,8721:2,535334
Indonesia7841:168,68516,365
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
England51:11,143,612252,590
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sunusi (100,070) may also be a first name.

Sunusi Last Name Facts

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

Sunusi (Oriya: ସୁନୁସୀ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sunusi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunusi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,038th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 103,084 people. Sunusi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sunusi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sunusi is also the 10,181st most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 100,070 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 69,872 people, or 1 in 2,535. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kano, where 36 percent live, Jigawa, where 16 percent live and Bauchi, where 12 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

Sunusi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Sunusi surname is primarily Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sunuisi9237/
Saunusi9216/
Sunnusi9211/
Susnusi929/
Suunusi926/
Sunusih924/
Hsunusi922/
Sunusui921/
Sunuusi921/
Sunousi921/
Siunusi921/
Ssunusi921/
Sunussi921/
Sounousi864/
Sounussi861/
Sunisi832,107/
Sonusi8388/
Junusi8337/
Sunusa8311/
Sunosi838/
Sunuci835/
Sunuse833/
Sunugi832/
Sunuzi831/
Sounoussi80663/
Shonusi7752/
Sunnisi7720/
Djunusi775/
Sunuchi773/
Shinusi772/
Junushi772/
Sunoshi772/
Junusić771/
Junussi771/
Sunutse771/
Sunishi771/
Sunguzi771/
Saunisi771/
Sunisai771/
Sunusha771/
Sonusih771/
Sunusee771/
Sunouchi712,739/
Suenishi7177/
Sunnujit7126/
Sunhutgi713/
Sunussee711/
Shunishi711/
Sonoussi711/
Shunussa711/
Shunguse711/
Junuzi671,215/
Sunose67199/
Sonuse67103/
Sounoudji6762/
Sounouchi6733/
Sonosi6732/
Shunouchi6721/
Sunuza675/
Sunise675/
Junuse675/
Sonusa673/
Zunuzi672/
Sounousse672/
Shinoussi671/

Sunusi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunusi in the Oriya language
ସୁନୁସୀsunusi-

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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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  • 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 Sunusi
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