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) has its highest incidence in India. It may appear in the variant forms: Sañas or Sànàs. Click here for other possible spellings of Sanas.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 32,938th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 451,885 people. The surname Sanas is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sanas are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sanas is also the 197,659th most widespread forename worldwide, borne by 1,539 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 15,388 people, or 1 in 49,848. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent live, Gujarat, where 1 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Aside from India this surname occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 3 percent live and Kuwait, where 0 percent live.
Sanas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sanas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sanas surname declined 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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- 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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