Sanapan Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Sanapan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanapan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal1271:224,2593,101
Philippines891:1,137,50891,778
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
India91:85,229,487684,495
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

Sanapan (23) may also be a first name.

Sanapan Last Name Facts

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

Sanapan (Hindi: सनापन, Marathi: सनपान, Oriya: ସାନପାନ) is borne by more people in Nepal than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanapan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,022,958th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sanapan live; 55 percent live in South Asia and 55 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sanapan is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 23 people.

The last name Sanapan is most widespread in Nepal, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 224,259. In Nepal it is primarily concentrated in: Koshi, where 50 percent are found and Mechi, where 50 percent are found. Other than Nepal this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 36 percent are found and Thailand, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sanapan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanapan in the Oriya language
ସାନପାନsanapana-
Sanapan in the Hindi language
सनापनsanapana50
सानपानsanapana50
Sanapan in the Marathi language
सनपानsanapana50
सनपनsanapana50

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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 Sanapan
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