San-Yo Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

San-Yo Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: San.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

San-Yo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan131:9,834,17645,186
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

San-Yo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name San-Yo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name San-Yo is found most frequently in Japan. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name San-Yo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname San-Yo is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of San-Yo reside; 93 percent reside in East Asia and 93 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name San-Yo is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 9,834,176. In Japan San-Yo is primarily found in: Yamagata Prefecture, where 100 percent live. Besides Japan this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
San-Jo831,326/
San-Ya83695/
San Yoe771/
San-Joo771/
San Yoo771/
San-I7318/
San Y732/
San-Ji672,951/
San-Ei6798/
San Yi676/
San Ya672/
San Oi671/
San Ay671/
San Ey671/
San Jos62351/
San Joo622/
San Yih622/
San Joa621/
San Joi621/
San Hoi621/
San Jaya575/
San I5542/
San E5516/
San A552/
San Ai506/
San Ee505/
San He502/
San Eu501/
San Ja501/
San Ie501/
San Ha501/
San Ge501/
San Ji501/

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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-Yo
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