San Yen Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
San Yen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
San Yen (5) may also be a first name.
San Yen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name San Yen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name San Yen is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name San Yen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name San Yen is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of San Yen reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. San Yen is also the 5,493,085th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 5 people.
San Yen is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia San Yen is most prevalent in: Johor, where 50 percent are found and Penang, where 50 percent are found. Not including Malaysia San Yen exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and Pakistan, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Yen
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