Meaning of the nameSunamita

Sunamita is a feminine name of biblical origin that means 'native or inhabitant of Suname', an ancient city of Palestine mentioned in the Bible.

Meaning

“native or inhabitant of Suname, an ancient city of Palestine mentioned in the Bible”

Source: Aulete: sunamita · Aulete: sunamite · Wiktionary: Shunamite

People (2022): 2,420
Rank in Brazil: #4,512
Median age: 28 years
2010 Census: 2,321; people

Sunamita in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Sunamita, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (658 people).

2,408 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Sunamita is most common

States with the highest share of people named Sunamita in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Espírito Santo 0.003%
Pernambuco 0.002%
Goiás 0.002%
Maranhão 0.002%
Rio de Janeiro 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	402	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	268	0.002%
Minas Gerais	233	0.001%
Pernambuco	159	0.002%
Pará	137	0.002%
Espírito Santo	126	0.003%
Goiás	125	0.002%
Maranhão	124	0.002%
Ceará	98	0.001%
Bahia	93	0.001%
Santa Catarina	90	0.001%
Paraíba	63	0.002%
Paraná	55	0.001%
Piauí	52	0.002%
Tocantins	51	0.003%
Distrito Federal	45	0.002%
Mato Grosso	44	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	43	0.001%
Amazonas	40	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	40	0.002%
Alagoas	32	0.001%
Rondônia	26	0.002%
Amapá	20	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	18	0.000%
Roraima	18	0.003%
Acre	17	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Sunamita

Sunamita is a Portuguese word for someone from Suname (or Sunã), a biblical city; the Aulete refers it to sunamite and gives this from the Latin Sunamitis. Wiktionary records, in English, Shunamite as an inhabitant of the biblical village of Shunem. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,420 people named Sunamita, with a median age of 28. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.

Sources

Aulete: sunamita · aulete.com.br · meaning
Aulete: sunamite · aulete.com.br · meaning
Wiktionary: Shunamite · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Sunamita

What does the name Sunamita mean?

Sunamita means “native or inhabitant of Suname, an ancient city of Palestine mentioned in the Bible”, according to Aulete and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Sunamita in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,420 people with the first name Sunamita, which ranks it number 4,512 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Sunamita a boy's or a girl's name?

Sunamita is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,408 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Sunamita?

Sunamita is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Sunamita most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.003% of the state's population is named Sunamita (126 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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