San Li Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

San Li Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

San Li Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

San Li (228) may also be a first name.

San Li Last Name Facts

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

The last name San Li is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname San Li is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. San Li occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of San Li live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 594,918th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 228 people.

The last name is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 100 percent reside. Not including Malaysia San Li exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
San Lai923/
San Lei921/
San Lui921/
San Luis867,649/
San Luiz864/
San Lee77125/
San Hla774/
San Lay771/
San Les771/
San Lez771/
San-Luis718/
San Luís713/
San Lloyd671/
San-Lee621/

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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 Li
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