San-Ya Surname
Approximately 695 people bear this surname
San-Ya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 693 | 1:184,479 | 8,609 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
San-Ya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name San-Ya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name San-Ya is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of San-Ya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name San-Ya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 480,002nd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,485,678 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of San-Ya are found; 100 percent are found in East Asia and 100 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
San-Ya is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 693 people, or 1 in 184,479. In Japan San-Ya is most common in: Fukui Prefecture, where 34 percent live, Toyama Prefecture, where 12 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Aside from Japan this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent live.
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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 San-Ya
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