Sunyou Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Sunyou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunyou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan111:2,131,34113,802
China51:273,464,31313,838
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sunyou (795) may also be a first name.

Sunyou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sunyou occurs most in Taiwan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sunyou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunyou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sunyou is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Sunyou occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sunyou live; 94 percent live in East Asia and 94 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Sunyou is also the 290,366th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 795 people.

It is most frequently used in Taiwan, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 2,131,341. In Taiwan it is primarily found in: Kaohsiung City, where 36 percent live, New Taipei City, where 36 percent live and Hsinchu City, where 9 percent live. Barring Taiwan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in China, where 29 percent live and Thailand, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shunyou921/
Sunyu91104/
Shunyu8326/
Sunyuy837/
Sunhou834/
Sunoju833/
Sunyau831/
Xunyou831/
Suinyuy77158/
Seugnou7767/
Sunnoju7745/
Shunyuy7716/
Souniou776/
Suunyuy775/
Shunyue773/
Sounjou772/
Shaunyu771/
Sounoiu771/
Sounhou771/
Suynyuy771/
Sunju73395/
Sunho7340/
Sunhu7319/
Zunyu734/
Sonyu733/
Suniu733/
Sugnu732/
Seungnou712/
Suuynyuy711/
Suinhiou711/
Sunnious710/
Sunihu6797/
Shunju6757/
Shonyu6716/
Sungeu6713/
Sunhui677/
Sungiu677/
Shunyü674/
Sunius674/
Sunjoo673/
Sonnyu671/
Sungnu671/
Soonyu671/
Sunjju671/
Sunhau671/
Sunehu671/
Sunuju671/
Shunhu671/
Sonjou671/

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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 Sunyou
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis