San San Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Brunei

San San Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

San San Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia661:446,88222,856
Indonesia241:5,510,383253,014
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

San San (10,243) may also be a first name.

San San Last Name Facts

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

The surname San San occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 1,300,225th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of San San live; 60 percent live in Southeast Asia and 43 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 60,275th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 10,243 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 446,882. In Malaysia San San is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 30 percent reside, Selangor, where 21 percent reside and Sabah, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Malaysia San San is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside and Singapore, where 10 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 San
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