Sana Forename
1,077th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 865,815 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Palestine
Sana Forename User-submission:
The name Sana is of Arabic origin, meaning 'brilliance' or 'splendour'. A variant of the name is Sanaa.
Sana Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 76% | 305,144 | 1:637 | 98 |
| Iraq | 99% | 107,961 | 1:324 | 55 |
| India | 82% | 77,099 | 1:15,757 | 2,205 |
| Sudan | 100% | 47,595 | 1:794 | 144 |
| Jordan | 100% | 34,802 | 1:254 | 31 |
| Morocco | 100% | 28,989 | 1:1,185 | 211 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 22,847 | 1:1,349 | 234 |
| Indonesia | 80% | 19,810 | 1:13,022 | 1,838 |
| Egypt | 100% | 18,674 | 1:4,921 | 566 |
| Palestine | 100% | 18,620 | 1:244 | 30 |
| Syria | - | 15,645 | 1:1,234 | 238 |
| Afghanistan | 53% | 13,162 | 1:2,479 | 422 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 12,624 | 1:446 | 83 |
| Oman | 100% | 12,583 | 1:327 | 45 |
| Burkina Faso | 54% | 11,355 | 1:1,619 | 248 |
| Yemen | - | 11,320 | 1:2,323 | 333 |
| Bangladesh | 84% | 9,531 | 1:16,731 | 1,969 |
| Algeria | 99% | 9,001 | 1:4,241 | 525 |
| Nepal | 50% | 8,305 | 1:3,430 | 502 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 7,860 | 1:12,412 | 1,776 |
| Iran | 100% | 7,146 | 1:10,985 | 825 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6,568 | 1:1,089 | 111 |
| Senegal | 86% | 5,055 | 1:2,885 | 342 |
| Libya | - | 4,958 | 1:1,255 | 241 |
| United States | 100% | 4,433 | 1:81,781 | 3,885 |
| Guinea | - | 3,911 | 1:3,032 | 344 |
| Kuwait | - | 3,334 | 1:1,135 | 171 |
| Russia | 86% | 3,249 | 1:44,393 | 1,019 |
| Chad | 75% | 2,595 | 1:5,240 | 824 |
| South Africa | 85% | 2,485 | 1:21,945 | 2,960 |
| Gambia | - | 2,307 | 1:835 | 177 |
| England | 99% | 2,277 | 1:24,419 | 1,445 |
| Tunisia | 99% | 2,190 | 1:309 | 37 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,003 | 1:10,384 | 1,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 1,720 | 1:13,416 | 1,349 |
| Mali | 72% | 1,546 | 1:10,982 | 909 |
| Tanzania | 89% | 1,447 | 1:36,481 | 3,009 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,354 | 1:24,471 | 2,093 |
| France | 100% | 1,335 | 1:49,791 | 1,520 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,139 | 1:1,184 | 197 |
| Spain | 90% | 1,005 | 1:46,298 | 1,911 |
| Thailand | 78% | 927 | 1:75,583 | 7,050 |
| Austria | 100% | 889 | 1:9,577 | 614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85% | 819 | 1:9,954 | 996 |
| Kazakhstan | 86% | 581 | 1:30,545 | 1,568 |
| Poland | 100% | 565 | 1:67,305 | 1,669 |
| Nigeria | 59% | 561 | 1:316,514 | 11,607 |
| Philippines | 89% | 486 | 1:218,126 | 9,406 |
| Netherlands | 98% | 369 | 1:45,805 | 3,236 |
| Sweden | 97% | 352 | 1:28,005 | 1,768 |
| Zimbabwe | 93% | 344 | 1:44,837 | 4,018 |
| Cambodia | 68% | 342 | 1:47,583 | 2,954 |
| Australia | - | 267 | 1:51,152 | 2,400 |
| Belgium | 100% | 257 | 1:44,708 | 2,317 |
| Brazil | 100% | 257 | 1:833,604 | 23,172 |
| Malaysia | 76% | 252 | 1:120,833 | 8,080 |
| Japan | - | 232 | 1:551,664 | 11,572 |
| DR Congo | 63% | 219 | 1:337,112 | 13,078 |
| Germany | 79% | 207 | 1:467,043 | 5,092 |
| Benin | 100% | 183 | 1:57,791 | 4,312 |
| Belarus | 76% | 181 | 1:52,389 | 657 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Maldives | 99% | 168 | 1:2,583 | 143 |
| Uzbekistan | 75% | 136 | 1:226,371 | 5,030 |
| Denmark | - | 117 | 1:48,286 | 1,870 |
| Norway | 100% | 107 | 1:47,966 | 2,012 |
| Scotland | 98% | 101 | 1:52,974 | 1,626 |
| Uganda | 96% | 101 | 1:405,514 | 10,315 |
| Qatar | 100% | 87 | 1:27,237 | 3,729 |
| Botswana | 100% | 84 | 1:26,005 | 2,957 |
| Niger | 54% | 78 | 1:245,949 | 6,446 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Italy | 98% | 63 | 1:969,240 | 8,481 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 60 | 1:503,365 | 13,491 |
| Israel | 98% | 59 | 1:142,422 | 5,223 |
| New Zealand | - | 57 | 1:79,580 | 3,706 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 53 | 1:38,491 | 4,254 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 51 | 1:69,107 | 2,596 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 47 | 1:148,732 | 4,332 |
| Turkey | 100% | 43 | 1:1,809,342 | 13,506 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 38 | 1:64,704 | 2,340 |
| Croatia | 100% | 35 | 1:120,488 | 2,705 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 35 | 1:679,134 | 32,372 |
| Albania | 100% | 34 | 1:89,605 | 6,483 |
| Greece | 100% | 34 | 1:321,604 | 5,247 |
| Ukraine | 85% | 34 | 1:1,338,233 | 4,008 |
| China | - | 33 | 1:41,395,630 | 61,770 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 32 | 1:256,672 | 5,387 |
| Zambia | - | 27 | 1:587,215 | 12,545 |
| Hong Kong | - | 25 | 1:310,109 | 3,689 |
| Latvia | 67% | 24 | 1:83,985 | 1,786 |
| Wales | 100% | 24 | 1:128,930 | 2,823 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 23 | 1:80,137 | 1,397 |
| Serbia | - | 20 | 1:357,286 | 4,336 |
| Cameroon | 58% | 18 | 1:1,200,584 | 30,105 |
| Mauritania | 79% | 18 | 1:227,513 | 6,417 |
| Singapore | 100% | 18 | 1:349,281 | 9,934 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 16 | 1:602,684 | 11,321 |
| Haiti | 100% | 16 | 1:670,435 | 13,107 |
| Ireland | 100% | 15 | 1:309,568 | 4,642 |
| Finland | 79% | 14 | 1:391,656 | 5,045 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 91% | 13 | 1:459,483 | 14,895 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 12 | 1:48,413 | 2,992 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 12 | 1:113,452 | 7,514 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| Georgia | 75% | 11 | 1:339,861 | 7,323 |
| Hungary | 77% | 11 | 1:890,161 | 2,642 |
| Czechia | 63% | 10 | 1:1,065,616 | 3,543 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Jamaica | - | 9 | 1:320,359 | 9,892 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 9 | 1:232,306 | 6,858 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 9 | 1:144,198 | 3,629 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Mexico | 67% | 7 | 1:17,734,918 | 43,346 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Kenya | - | 6 | 1:7,717,852 | 32,954 |
| Moldova | - | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Liberia | 75% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Saint Lucia | 75% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Armenia | 67% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Peru | 100% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Somaliland | - | 4 | 1:875,444 | 1,234 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 4 | 1:118,910 | 1,275 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Abkhazia | 50% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Paraguay | - | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Šana (40), Şana (7), Saña (4), Sanà (2), Sána (2), Sanâ (1), Saná (1), Sanä (1), Sanā (1), Sanã (1) & Šănă (1) are calculated separately.
Sana (226,625) may also be a surname.
Sana Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Sana is of Arabic origin, meaning 'brilliance' or 'splendour'. A variant of the name is Sanaa.
- syedhumaid109Sana Forename Popularity
Sana Demographics
Sana Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 731 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Sana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sana in the Russian language | ||
| Сана | sana | - |
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