How common is the last name Sun?

36,735 people in the United States have the last name Sun, about 1 in 8,137. It ranks #929 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SUN

#929

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
36,735
About
1 in 8,137
This common or more
38.9%
Who bears it

Of the 36,735 people with the last name Sun, 93.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.2% as White and 1.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sun

#927 Dunlap · 36,873#928 Shepard · 36,770#930 Dang · 36,719#931 Fry · 36,696

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sun, most common first.

#18,466 Sum · 1,481#21,026 Suen · 1,271#32,001 Suon · 773#40,270 Suan · 587#72,089 Sunn · 291#125,732 Suna · 143

Also a first name

As a first name, Sun ranks #2,604 of 53,615, with 9,188 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 28 births. See Sun as a first name

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