Sunuwar Surname

11,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48,872 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Sunuwar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunuwar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal46,5771:611123
India1,2731:602,56529,032
Qatar3091:7,631826
Malaysia1431:206,25312,096
United Arab Emirates1171:78,3107,074
Hong Kong981:74,8521,406
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
England561:994,96549,531
Brunei511:8,2101,032
Bhutan261:23,694495
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Sunuwar (72) may also be a first name.

Sunuwar Last Name Facts

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

Sunuwar (Oriya: ସୁନୁୱାର, Tibetan: སུན་ཝར།) occurs more in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunuwar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 11,508th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 149,115 people. The surname Sunuwar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sunuwar are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sunuwar is also the 1,143,416th most prevalent forename in the world, held by 72 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nepal, where it is borne by 46,577 people, or 1 in 611. In Nepal it is mostly concentrated in: Janakpur, where 47 percent are found, Sagarmatha, where 21 percent are found and Mechi, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Nepal this surname occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.

Sunuwar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sunuwar surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Sunuwar earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.46% less than the national average, earning $33,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sunnuwar931/
Sunuware931/
Sunouwar931/
Sunubar861,189/
Sonuwar8638/
Sunuvar867/
Sunowar864/
Sunauvar806/
Shunubar803/
Shuniwar803/
Sonouwar801/
Suunubar801/
Sunaubar801/
Chunuwar801/
Sonowar7134/
Sunoevar671/
Chunuvar671/
Chunnuvar634/
Sunivor574/

Sunuwar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunuwar in the Tibetan language
སུན་ཝར།sünwar78.57
སུ་ནུ་ཝར།sunuwar21.43
Sunuwar in the Oriya language
ସୁନୁୱାରsunuwara42.86
ସୁନୱାରsunawara28.57
ସୁନୁୱାର୍sunuwar28.57

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sunuwar
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