Sancu Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Sancu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 74 | 1:1,051,641 | 46,826 |
| Romania | 41 | 1:489,704 | 37,604 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Şancu (1) are calculated separately.
Sancu (420) may also be a first name.
Sancu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sancu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sancu is most common in Turkey. It can occur in the variant forms: Şancu. For other potential spellings of Sancu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sancu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,328,442nd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name Sancu occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Sancu are found; 37 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 36 percent are found in East Thrace and Karpass. Sancu is also the 419,319th most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 420 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 1,051,641. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 88 percent reside, Corum Province, where 9 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 3 percent reside. Other than Turkey this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 24 percent reside and South Africa, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Sancu
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