Sanguyan Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sanguyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanguyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania531:998,89845,319
Philippines341:2,977,595140,497
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Sanguyan (14) may also be a first name.

Sanguyan Last Name Facts

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

Sanguyan is most common in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanguyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,994,173rd most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Sanguyan are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 14 people.

It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 998,898. In Tanzania Sanguyan is most frequent in: Arusha Region, where 98 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 39 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 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 Sanguyan
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