Sanma Surname
Approximately 870 people bear this surname
Sanma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 242 | 1:528,282 | 14,860 |
| Turkey | 173 | 1:449,835 | 26,424 |
| India | 170 | 1:4,512,149 | 117,295 |
| Thailand | 144 | 1:490,544 | 85,763 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Burkina Faso | 15 | 1:1,223,473 | 11,207 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sanma (1,689) may also be a first name.
Sanma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanma (Hindi: सनमा, Marathi: सनमा, Oriya: ସନ୍ମ) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sanma.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 403,243rd most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 8,376,490 people. The last name Sanma occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Sanma are found; 29 percent are found in East Asia and 28 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 187,161st most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 1,689 people.
Sanma is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 242 people, or 1 in 528,282. In Japan it is most frequent in: Okayama Prefecture, where 83 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 17 percent live and Chiba Prefecture, where 0 percent live. Apart from Japan it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 20 percent live and India, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanma in the Marathi language | ||
| सनमा | sanama | 81.82 |
| सन्मा | sanma | 9.09 |
| सन्मउ | sanma'u | 9.09 |
| Sanma in the Oriya language | ||
| ସନ୍ମ | sanma | 50 |
| ଷାଣା | sana | 50 |
| Sanma in the Hindi language | ||
| सनमा | sanama | 40.98 |
| संमा | samma | 31.97 |
| सानमा | sanama | 10.66 |
| सांमा | samma | 10.66 |
| सन्मा | sanma | 3.28 |
| सुनमा | sunama | 0.82 |
| साण्मा | sanma | 0.82 |
| आसंमा | asamma | 0.82 |
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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 Sanma
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