Saanyan Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Saanyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saanyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Saanyan Last Name Facts

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

Saanyan (Russian: Саанян) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Saanyan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saanyan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Saanyan live; 25 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Saanyan is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 72,061,528. In Russia Saanyan is mostly found in: Komi Republic, where 50 percent live and Sakha Republic, where 50 percent live. Excluding Russia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Armenia, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Saanyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Saanyan in the Russian language
Саанянsaanan-

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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
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  • 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 Saanyan
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