Sanoon Surname
Approximately 4,112 people bear this surname
Sanoon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2,678 | 1:66,708 | 2,453 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,316 | 1:15,812 | 2,223 |
| Maldives | 41 | 1:9,858 | 782 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Sanoon (3,718) may also be a first name.
Sanoon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanoon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanoon (Hindi: सनून) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanoon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sanoon is the 112,625th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,772,263 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sanoon live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 66 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sanoon is also the 115,525th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 3,718 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 2,678 people, or 1 in 66,708. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Sindh, where 99 percent live, Punjab, where 1 percent live and Balochistan, where 0 percent live. Besides Pakistan Sanoon exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 32 percent live and The Maldives, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanoon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanoon in the Hindi language | ||
| सनून | sanuna | 66.67 |
| सानून | sanuna | 33.33 |
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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 Sanoon
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