Sunway Surname
Approximately 561 people bear this surname
Sunway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 477 | 1:61,833 | 4,629 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Sunway (1,108) may also be a first name.
Sunway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sunway is found most in Malaysia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunway? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sunway is the 564,325th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 12,990,278 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Sunway reside; 85 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 85 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 239,625th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 1,108 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 477 people, or 1 in 61,833. In Malaysia Sunway is most common in: Selangor, where 52 percent are found, Penang, where 19 percent are found and Kedah, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Malaysia this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 5 percent are found and Iran, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Sunway
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