Sanas Surname
Approximately 16,127 people bear this surname
Sanas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 15,388 | 1:49,848 | 3,432 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Sañas (119) & Sànàs (1) are calculated separately.
Sanas (1,539) may also be a first name.
Sanas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanas (Hindi: सनस, Marathi: सणस, Oriya: ସାନସ, Russian: Санас) is most common in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Sañas or Sànàs. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sanas is the 32,938th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 451,885 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sanas live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 197,659th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 1,539 people.
The last name Sanas is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 15,388 people, or 1 in 49,848. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent are found, Gujarat, where 1 percent are found and Madhya Pradesh, where 0 percent are found. Besides India this surname exists in 35 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 3 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.
Sanas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sanas has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 59 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanas in the Marathi language | ||
| सणस | sanasa | 87.71 |
| सनस | sanasa | 9.08 |
| सानस | sanasa | 0.17 |
| शांत | santa | 0.08 |
| साञस | sanasa | 0.05 |
| आकाश | akasa | 0.04 |
| सनास | sanasa | 0.04 |
| सानास | sanasa | 0.04 |
| नानासो | nanaso | 0.03 |
| सनद | sanada | 0.02 |
| साणस | sanasa | 0.02 |
| सणल | sanala | 0.02 |
| सणम | sanama | 0.02 |
| सणास | sanasa | 0.02 |
| शांता | santa | 0.01 |
| सनी | sani | 0.01 |
| सणसे | sanase | 0.01 |
| सण्स | sansa | 0.01 |
| िनशा | inasa | 0.01 |
| सनरु | sanaru | 0.01 |
| सळस | salasa | 0.01 |
| सण | sana | 0.01 |
| सञास | sanasa | 0 |
| Sanas in the Hindi language | ||
| सनस | sanasa | 83.87 |
| सनास | sanasa | 12.9 |
| सना | sana | 3.23 |
| Sanas in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାନସ | sanasa | 57.89 |
| ସନାସ | sanasa | 15.79 |
| ସାନସର | sanasara | 10.53 |
| ସନସର | sanasara | 5.26 |
| ସାନାସ | sanasa | 5.26 |
| ସନସ | sanasa | 5.26 |
| Sanas in the Russian language | ||
| Санас | sanas | - |
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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 Sanas
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