# Sun (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sun/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,058 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,484 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,833 people |
| Change since 2000 | +61% (14,962 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Mandarin 孫／孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sun in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sun in the People's Republic of China, Wu, Shu Han, Eastern Han and Eastern Wu.

## People named Sun

- Sun Tzu, 6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist
- Lady Sun, 3rd century Chinese noble lady. CBDB = 135352
- Sun Luban, 3rd century Eastern Wu imperial princess
- Sun Qingmei, association football player
- Sun Cheng, 2nd-century Han dynasty eunuch and senior official
- Sun Huan, 3rd century state of Eastern Wu general
- Sun Jun, assist coach of the Chinese national basketball team

## Similar surnames

Suen, Sum, Sweeney, Snow, Sheehan, Swain, Swan, Shin, Shen, Swann, Sam, Son.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.