Šunić Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Šunić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šunić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1351:31,3236,406
Bosnia and Herzegovina321:110,5138,853
Serbia131:549,61120,712
North Macedonia51:420,29419,032
Kosovo41:465,46710,032
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Sunić (39) & Sunic (46) are calculated separately.

Šunić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Šunić is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Sunić or Sunic. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šunić? popularity and diffusion

The surname Šunić is the 1,227,038th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. The surname Šunić occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šunić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Šunić is most frequent in Croatia, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 31,323. In Croatia Šunić is most frequent in: City of Zagreb, where 24 percent are found, Brod-Posavina County, where 20 percent are found and Zadar County, where 19 percent are found. Not including Croatia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 17 percent are found and Serbia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sunić9339/
Šumnić911/
Šaunić911/
Sunic8746/
Šutnoić833/
Žunić804,147/
Zunić8098/
Šonić8097/
Šanić8076/
Šunik8011/
Šinić806/
Šajnić7385/
Žuanić7344/
Šahnić7337/
Susnić7331/
Zuanić7320/
Šuniga733/
Šaunik733/
Đešnić731/
Saunić731/
Šunc6726/
Šunk6719/

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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 Šunić
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