Sanni Surname
Approximately 162,092 people bear this surname
Sanni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 124,403 | 1:1,424 | 183 |
| Benin | 27,253 | 1:379 | 29 |
| India | 2,733 | 1:280,668 | 15,972 |
| Ghana | 2,425 | 1:11,143 | 1,489 |
| Togo | 1,260 | 1:5,752 | 1,143 |
| Iran | 1,089 | 1:70,507 | 7,376 |
| England | 770 | 1:72,361 | 8,270 |
| United States | 499 | 1:726,371 | 57,071 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Indonesia | 185 | 1:714,861 | 55,312 |
| Italy | 135 | 1:453,013 | 48,035 |
| Papua New Guinea | 72 | 1:113,246 | 15,376 |
| Malaysia | 68 | 1:433,739 | 22,323 |
| Canada | 58 | 1:635,269 | 52,014 |
| Norway | 52 | 1:98,890 | 13,481 |
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Pakistan | 45 | 1:3,969,864 | 28,516 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Ireland | 33 | 1:142,695 | 6,688 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:232,775 | 11,829 |
| Iceland | 23 | 1:16,526 | 1,395 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 1:917,605 | 9,572 |
| Uruguay | 16 | 1:214,485 | 16,699 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Japan | 16 | 1:7,990,268 | 43,922 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Sanni (117,148) may also be a first name.
Sanni Demographics
Sanni Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Sanni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanni (Bengali: সান্নী, Hindi: सन्नी, Marathi: संनी, Oriya: ସନନ୍ି, Russian: Санни) occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,458th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,959 people. The last name Sanni occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sanni live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sanni is also the 8,801st most commonly used first name internationally, held by 117,148 people.
The last name Sanni is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 124,403 people, or 1 in 1,424. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 25 percent live, Kogi, where 12 percent live and Ogun, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 89 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 17 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Sanni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sanni last name is primarily Muslim (73%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Sanni surname are 39.79% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.02% being registered with the party.
The amount Sanni earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 30.21% less than the national average, earning €20,959 per year; in Norway they earn 8.97% less than the national average, earning 315,050 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.6% less than the national average, earning $42,459 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.73% less than the national average, earning $38,391 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanni in the Bengali language | ||
| সান্নী | sanni | - |
| Sanni in the Hindi language | ||
| सन्नी | sanni | 98.41 |
| संनी | sanni | 0.37 |
| सांनी | sanni | 0.26 |
| सननी | sanani | 0.22 |
| सन्नि | sanni | 0.22 |
| सनी | sani | 0.15 |
| सन्न्ी | sanni | 0.09 |
| सांणी | sanni | 0.04 |
| सऩ्नी | sanni | 0.02 |
| सान्नी | sanni | 0.02 |
| सन्न्ाी | sannai | 0.02 |
| सैनी | saini | 0.02 |
| सन्नी् | sanni | 0.01 |
| सेान्नी | seanni | 0.01 |
| शन्नो | sanno | 0.01 |
| संनि | sanni | 0.01 |
| सन्नी़ | sanni | 0.01 |
| शन्नि | sanni | 0.01 |
| सनि | sani | 0.01 |
| संञी | sanni | 0.01 |
| साननी | sanani | 0.01 |
| स्न्नी | snni | 0.01 |
| सननि | sanani | 0.01 |
| शानि | sani | 0.01 |
| शनि | sani | 0.01 |
| सँनी | samni | 0.01 |
| सन्नो | sanno | 0.01 |
| Sanni in the Oriya language | ||
| ସନନ୍ି | sanani | 53.33 |
| ସନୀ | sani | 6.67 |
| ଶାନନ୍ୀ | sanani | 6.67 |
| ସନି | sani | 6.67 |
| ସନବ୍ି | sanabi | 6.67 |
| ସାନି | sani | 6.67 |
| ସନନ୍ୀ | sanani | 6.67 |
| ସାନନ୍ୀ | sanani | 6.67 |
| Sanni in the Marathi language | ||
| संनी | sanni | 16 |
| सनी | sani | 13.33 |
| सन् | san | 8 |
| आसवानी | asavani | 4 |
| सॅनी | seni | 4 |
| सांनी | sanni | 4 |
| सोलंकी | solanki | 2.67 |
| साहानी | sahani | 2.67 |
| सोनी | soni | 2.67 |
| साई | sa'i | 2.67 |
| राणी | rani | 1.33 |
| सण्णी | sanni | 1.33 |
| यानी | yani | 1.33 |
| जांन | janna | 1.33 |
| याणी | yani | 1.33 |
| साली | sali | 1.33 |
| शशी | sasi | 1.33 |
| सन | sana | 1.33 |
| बानी | bani | 1.33 |
| शनी | sani | 1.33 |
| सण्नी | sanni | 1.33 |
| सँनी | samni | 1.33 |
| Sanni in the Russian language | ||
| Санни | sanni | - |
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Footnotes
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