Sanakan Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Sanakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
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
The last name Sanakan (Hindi: सनकान) occurs most in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanakan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sanakan live; 64 percent live in South Asia and 64 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 790,880th most numerous forename world-wide, held by 137 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 45,121,493. In India Sanakan is most prevalent in: Kerala, where 82 percent live and Karnataka, where 6 percent live. Not including India it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 29 percent live and Thailand, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanakan in the Hindi language | ||
| सनकान | sanakana | - |
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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 Sanakan
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