Sangun Surname
Approximately 533 people bear this surname
Sangun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 291 | 1:242,743 | 41,155 |
| Indonesia | 142 | 1:931,332 | 69,143 |
| Turkey | 38 | 1:2,047,932 | 70,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
The alternate forms: Şangün (1) are calculated separately.
Sangun (784) may also be a first name.
Sangun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sangun (Hindi: संगुन, Marathi: संगुन) has its highest incidence in Thailand. It can also appear in the variant forms: Şangün. Click here for further potential spellings of Sangun.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 586,691st most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Sangun reside; 87 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Sangun is also the 292,947th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 784 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 242,743. In Thailand it is most frequent in: Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 65 percent reside, Phatthalung Province, where 13 percent reside and Chonburi Province, where 10 percent reside. Beside Thailand it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 27 percent reside and Turkey, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sangun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sangun in the Hindi language | ||
| संगुन | sanguna | 72.73 |
| संगून | sanguna | 18.18 |
| संगुना | sanguna | 9.09 |
| Sangun in the Marathi language | ||
| संगुन | sanguna | 42.86 |
| संगुण | sanguna | 28.57 |
| सांगुन | sanguna | 14.29 |
| संगून | sanguna | 14.29 |
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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 Sangun
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