Sanesan Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Sanesan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sanesan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanesan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanesan is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sanesan.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanesan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Sanesan live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Manus, where 78 percent live, Madang, where 11 percent live and National Capital District, where 11 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea Sanesan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.
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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 Sanesan
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