Explore the Family Name Sunny

The meaning of Sunny

1. Indian and Bangladeshi: from a shortened form of any of the personal names such as Sunil, Surendra, Soren, Shravan. 2. Irish (Sligo): from Ó Sionnaigh, see Shinnick.

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How common is the last name Sunny in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Sunny has seen an increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, 'Sunny' was ranked at 52,500 and had a count of 371, which equates to a proportion of 0.14 per 100,000. By 2010, the rank improved to 38,265, and the count increased significantly to 579, raising its proportion to 0.2 per 100,000. This represents an impressive change of 27.11% in ranking and a whopping 56.06% rise in overall count.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#52,500	#38,265	27.11%
Count	371	579	56.06%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.2	42.86%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sunny

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals bearing the surname Sunny identify as Asian/Pacific Islander. This group saw a considerable increase from 50.67% in 2000 to 67.88% in 2010, marking a change of 33.96%. The percentage of people with this surname identifying as White decreased by 35.42%, falling from 35.04% in 2000 to 22.63% in 2010. Those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native also reduced by 24.28%, from 5.93% to 4.49%. Interestingly, the census reported no individuals named Sunny identified as Hispanic in either year, but there was a new emergence of individuals identifying as Black in 2010 at 3.11%. The category of Two or more races was present in 2000 at 5.66% but was suppressed in the 2010 data for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	50.67%	67.88%	33.96%
White	35.04%	22.63%	-35.42%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	5.93%	4.49%	-24.28%
Black	0%	3.11%	0%
Two or More Races	5.66%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%