Sanakan Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Sanakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India171:45,121,493474,784
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Sanakan (137) may also be a first name.

Sanakan Last Name Facts

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

Sanakan (Hindi: सनकान) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sanakan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanakan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sanakan are found; 64 percent are found in South Asia and 64 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 790,880th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 137 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 45,121,493. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Kerala, where 82 percent are found and Karnataka, where 6 percent are found. Not including India Sanakan occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 29 percent are found and Thailand, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sanakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanakan in the Hindi language
सनकानsanakana-

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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
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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 Sanakan
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