Sanoan Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Sanoan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanoan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines561:1,807,825113,961
Pakistan351:5,104,11132,876
Iran71:10,968,932186,522

Sanoan (1,056) may also be a first name.

Sanoan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sanoan has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanoan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,871,545th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sanoan live; 57 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 246,335th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 1,056 people.

This last name is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 1,807,825. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 95 percent are found, Central Luzon, where 4 percent are found and Ilocos, where 2 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines Sanoan is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 36 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.

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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 Sanoan
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