Cognomen שונית (Shonit 
, שונית 
, Shunit 
) , in the entire world, is a very rare surname. The last name שונית is habitual in Iceland, where it is quite a rare surname, Malaysia, where it is a very rare surname, and Israel. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Malaysia, Iceland, and Thailand. More prevalently, שונית is the forename as well as the last name.