Sanao Surname
Approximately 1,167 people bear this surname
Sanao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 983 | 1:102,989 | 17,898 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sanao (510) may also be a first name.
Sanao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanao (Bengali: সানাও, Hindi: सनौ) is most common in The Philippines. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanao? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sanao is the 320,306th most common last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 6,244,684 people. Sanao occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Sanao are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 84 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 374,596th most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 510 people.
It is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 983 people, or 1 in 102,989. In The Philippines Sanao is primarily concentrated in: Bicol, where 22 percent live, Calabarzon, where 22 percent live and National Capital Region, where 20 percent live. Besides The Philippines this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Botswana, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanao Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanao in the Bengali language | ||
| সানাও | sana'o | - |
| Sanao in the Hindi language | ||
| सनौ | sanau | 50 |
| सनओ | sana'o | 50 |
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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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- 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 Sanao
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