Sakanan Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Sakanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Iran141:5,484,466128,255
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Sakanan (177) may also be a first name.

Sakanan Last Name Facts

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

Sakanan is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakanan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sakanan is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sakanan reside; 53 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 685,598th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 177 people.

This last name is most numerous in Thailand, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 4,709,223. In Thailand Sakanan is most numerous in: Bangkok, where 27 percent reside, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, where 27 percent reside and Phitsanulok Province, where 27 percent reside. Outside of Thailand Sakanan occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 47 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.

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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 Sakanan
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