Prasanan Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
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Prasanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prasanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India291:26,450,530346,896
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Prasanan (123) may also be a first name.

Prasanan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Prasanan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Prasanan (Hindi: प्रसनन, Marathi: सनन, Oriya: ପସନନ୍) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prasanan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,979,664th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Prasanan are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Prasanan is also the 840,349th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 123 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 26,450,530. In India it is most frequent in: Kerala, where 28 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 24 percent are found and Bihar, where 10 percent are found. Barring India it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 21 percent are found and Malaysia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Prasanan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prasanan in the Oriya language
ପସନନ୍pasanan-
Prasanan in the Marathi language
सननsanana88.89
साननsanana11.11
Prasanan in the Hindi language
प्रसननprasanana60
प्रसनन्prasanan20
प्रसन्नprasanna20

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Prasanan
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