San I Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

San I Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

San I Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Niger181:1,066,22323,213
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

San I Last Name Facts

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

The surname San I occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name San I? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,017,195th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of San I reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria San I is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 59 percent are found, Yobe, where 23 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 43 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
San Ai916/
San Yi916/
San Ie911/
San Oi911/
San Ji911/
San Hai834/
San Yih832/
San Jit831/
San Hui831/
San Hoi831/
San Uis831/
San-I8018/
San E8016/
San Y802/
San A802/
San-Ji732,951/
San-Ei7398/
San Ee735/
San He732/
San Ja731/
San Ha731/
San Ey731/
San Ge731/
San Ay731/
San Eu731/
San Hee6710/
San Hez675/
San Her674/
San Jaya625/
San Heath571/
San-Yo5514/

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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 I
  • 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