Sunwer Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Sunwer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunwer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India61:127,844,230863,365
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Sunwer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sunwer occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sunwer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunwer? popularity and diffusion

Sunwer is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sunwer are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Sunwer is primarily found in: Delhi, where 50 percent live and Sikkim, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account India Sunwer occurs in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sunwear924/
Sunber8367/
Sumwer832/
Sunbear7717/
Sunvier773/
Shunber771/
Sonwier771/
Chunwer771/
Saunber771/
Junwherr711/
Schunber710/
Sumber67383/
Zunber67142/
Sunbir679/
Sunvir671/
Zunver671/
Jumwer671/
Sünber671/
Schaunber670/
Seumber6243/
Shumber6222/
Soumber624/
Sumberh622/
Sonnver621/
Suchenwirth5910/
Shinwair575/
Choumwer574/
Junwirth574/
Sheumber574/
Shaumber571/
Shinvier571/
Schonuer571/
Shinveir570/
Schaumber5313/
Schoonver534/
Sümber5071/
Zumber5026/
Sumbir508/

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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 Sunwer
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