Sunyin Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Sunyin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sunyin (597) may also be a first name.
Sunyin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sunyin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sunyin is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sunyin? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,372,517th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sunyin are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sunyin is also the 342,194th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 597 people.
Sunyin is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 80 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 18 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 3 percent are found and China, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shunyin | 92 | 3 | / |
| Sunnyin | 92 | 2 | / |
| Sunyina | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sonyin | 83 | 18 | / |
| Sunjin | 83 | 17 | / |
| Sunyim | 83 | 10 | / |
| Sunhin | 83 | 10 | / |
| Zunyin | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sunien | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sounhin | 77 | 84 | / |
| Sunjing | 77 | 19 | / |
| Shunhyn | 77 | 6 | / |
| Shonyin | 77 | 6 | / |
| Shunjin | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sunjina | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sunieng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sunyent | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sounhein | 71 | 81 | / |
| Susnienė | 71 | 7 | / |
| Sumnieng | 71 | 3 | / |
| Suneaina | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sounhain | 71 | 2 | / |
| Susniene | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shounien | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shunjing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hsiunien | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sonyen | 67 | 336 | / |
| Soniin | 67 | 68 | / |
| Sungen | 67 | 62 | / |
| Sunhim | 67 | 15 | / |
| Sunjen | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sonien | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sonjin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sugnen | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sunyin
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