Sandyan Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sandyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Sandyan (38) may also be a first name.

Sandyan Last Name Facts

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

Sandyan (Marathi: संान) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sandyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandyan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Sandyan live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sandyan is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 38 people.

The surname Sandyan is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 2,462,623. In South Africa Sandyan is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 95 percent live and Western Cape, where 5 percent live. Excluding South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent live and Liberia, where 4 percent live.

Sandyan Last Name Statistics demography

Sandyan earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.8% less than the national average, earning R 31,380 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sandyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sandyan in the Marathi language
संानsamana62.5
संध्sandh25
सुनंदाानsunandaana12.5

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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 Sandyan
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