Sunwa Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Sunwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Japan | 14 | 1:9,131,735 | 44,780 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sunwa (321) may also be a first name.
Sunwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sunwa (Hindi: सुनवा) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,203,767th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name Sunwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Sunwa live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sunwa is also the 489,856th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 321 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Sunwa is most prevalent in: Bauchi, where 97 percent reside and Rivers, where 3 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent reside and Japan, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sunwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sunwa in the Hindi language | ||
| सुनवा | sunava | - |
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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 Sunwa
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