Sakanyan Surname

292,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Sakanyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakanyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia9631:3,043313
Russia2851:505,69546,498
Georgia431:87,1068,227
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
France11:66,422,722504,397
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Sakanyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sakanyan (Georgian: საკანიანი, Russian: Саканян) occurs in Armenia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakanyan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 292,450th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 5,575,781 people. The last name Sakanyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Sakanyan live; 77 percent live in West Asia and 74 percent live in Armeno-West Asia.

The last name is most numerous in Armenia, where it is held by 963 people, or 1 in 3,043. In Armenia it is most numerous in: Lori Province, where 68 percent live, Yerevan, where 17 percent live and Tavush Province, where 10 percent live. Apart from Armenia it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 22 percent live and Georgia, where 3 percent live.

Sakanyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Sakanyan surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States Sakanyan are 21.65% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 68.42% being registered to vote for the political party.

Sakanyan earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.37% more than the national average, earning $57,979 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sakanyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sakanyan in the Georgian language
საკანიანიsakaniani84.62
საკანიანsakanian15.38
Sakanyan in the Russian language
Саканянsakanan-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Sakanyan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis