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
The surname Sunyah is found most in Liberia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunyah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Sunyah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Sunyah reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Sunyah is also the 1,246,114th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 62 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia Sunyah is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 86 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 14 percent live. Other than Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and Guyana, where 11 percent live.
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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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