The surname Sunga
A surname, carried by 1,311 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S520
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,311 people named Sunga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 862.
#20,285
rank among US surnames
1,311
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+52.1%
change since 2000 (was #26,587)
Who is named Sunga
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Sunga identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.1% as two or more races and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- Two or more races 4.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Sunga has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.
Questions
- How common is the surname Sunga?
- 1,311 people in the United States had the surname Sunga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. It ranked 20,285th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sunga?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sunga identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.1% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Sunga getting more or less common?
- More common. 862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,311 in 2010, up 52%.