Sunyan Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Sunyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China331:41,433,9872,228
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Taiwan131:1,803,44211,840
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Sunyan (3,044) may also be a first name.

Sunyan Last Name Facts

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

Sunyan (Hindi: सुनयन, Marathi: सुन्याण, Oriya: ସୁନଯ୍ାନ୍, Russian: Сунян) is carried by more people in China than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sunyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sunyan is the 1,943,350th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Sunyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sunyan live; 50 percent live in East Asia and 50 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 130,910th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 3,044 people.

The last name Sunyan is most prevalent in China, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 41,433,987. Without taking into account China this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and Malaysia, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saunyan9220/
Sunjyan921/
Shunyan921/
Sumnyang8612/
Sounyane862/
Sunyasin861/
Saunyane861/
Sunhyang861/
Sonyan83122/
Sugnan83112/
Sunian8384/
Sunhan8315/
Sunjan8311/
Zunyan833/
Sunean832/
Xunyan831/
Shounyane80119/
Sounaiyan801/
Sunjian7739/
Sounhan7730/
Shonyan7727/
Sumnian7727/
Suniang779/
Sunayon777/
Sonjyan777/
Sumnyam777/
Saunjan775/
Sunjang775/
Sugnand773/
Sungian772/
Sounjan772/
Sounyam771/
Shunjan771/
Siunjan771/
Shunhan771/
Zounyan771/
Sunjaan771/
Sunuyon771/
Sugnann771/
Suñan735/
Sumniang7129/
Sungnang7124/
Suniatin7123/
Sunjiang7123/
Sougnane7111/
Saunjane715/
Schonyan712/
Chunyane712/
Sonaiyan712/
Sounhain712/
Sunhyong711/
Shunjian711/
Saunjant711/
Sungnand711/
Shaunhan710/
Shuneann710/
Sonyon67114/
Sonjan67109/
Sonian6787/
Suniam678/
Zunyon678/
Sugnam676/
Schoonyan675/
Sunion675/
Suñian673/
Sumjan673/
Zunjan671/
Sunham671/
Suiñan671/
Sunjam671/
Sunjon671/
Zunian671/
Suneon671/

Sunyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunyan in the Oriya language
ସୁନଯ୍ାନ୍sunayan-
Sunyan in the Marathi language
सुन्याणsun'yana-
Sunyan in the Hindi language
सुनयनsunayana88.89
सुनयानsunayana5.56
सुनयनाsunayana5.56
Sunyan in the Russian language
Сунянsunan-

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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
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  • 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 Sunyan
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