Shúñ

surname · Latin script

Shúñ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hong Kong than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 74K
  • USUnited States1 in 167K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Hong Kong (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,700 people, est.

Record sources
238 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Hong Kong, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Shun in US United States, AU Australia, MY Malaysia and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)
recorded in Chinese (China)

清 满洲 八旗 姓 , 即 顺 布 噜 氏 , TR 典 》(521)。 〔 順 ~ 嚕 】 顺 布 嚕 shunbuld

Cited for this meaning 4

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Attested across 32 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Shúñ counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shúñ is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HK Hong Kong#419≈3,700 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Shun58
MY Malaysia—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 14K—Shun39
US United States—1,9911 in 167K1.4KShun238
AU Australia—≈340 est.≈1 in 74K1Shun68
GB United Kingdom—≈330 est.≈1 in 199K19Shun74
CA Canada—≈310 est.≈1 in 121K—Shun75
SG Singapore—≈220 est.≈1 in 28K—Shun48

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Shúñ under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Shúñ have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.7 thousand people named Shúñ in Hong Kong, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shun.
How common is the name Shúñ?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,991 people named Shúñ in 2020, about 1 in 167 thousand residents.
How common is Shúñ compared with other names?
In Hong Kong, Shúñ is the 419th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shúñ” — the 419th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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