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

San Li is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of San Li.

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

This last name is the 6,723,624th most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. San Li occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of San Li live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. San Li is also the 594,918th most common first name internationally, held by 228 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia San Li is most numerous in: Selangor, where 100 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.

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
  • 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