Sunyah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Sunyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
Sunyah (62) may also be a first name.
Sunyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sunyah occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunyah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Sunyah occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Sunyah are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Sunyah is also the 1,246,114th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 62 people.
The last name Sunyah is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia Sunyah is most common in: Nimba County, where 86 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 14 percent reside. Other than Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and Guyana, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Sunyah
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