Sunda

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/sɐndə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sunda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 534K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.5M
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 1.7M

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.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈400 people, est.

Sources
57 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 534K (inferred from the name graph)

Nigeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sunda 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 Sunda is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈400 est.≈1 in 534K—Sunda9
US United States1131 in 2.9M161Sunda30
GB United Kingdom≈23 est.≈1 in 2.8M87—33
MY Malaysia≈22 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Sunda4
PL Poland≈9 est.≈1 in 4.2M2——
BE Belgium≈7 est.≈1 in 1.7M1——

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sunda is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Zunda, Soenda, Suenda, Sünda, Žunda

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Sun-Da, Šunda

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Angola, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Şunda

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Şunda, Šunda

  • Czech surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Šunda

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sunda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Deep, Indian Ocean

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In Sundanese, Sunda (all senses relating to regions of Southeast Asia)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Icelandic, indefinite genitive plural of sund

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Norwegian Nynorsk, definite plural of sund

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Finnish, Sundanese language

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Sunda जी,Hi Sunda, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Sunda
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202097#51,501
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202016#51,501
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19935—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sunda mean, and where does it come from?
Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the western part of the Malay archipelago Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Sunda?
A machine transcription gives /sɐndə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Sunda a male or female name?
Sunda is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Sunda have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 401 people named Sunda in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sunda.
How common is the name Sunda?
In the United States, the national register counted 113 people named Sunda in 2020, about 1 in 2.9 million residents.

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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, “Sunda”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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