Sansei Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Sansei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 153 | 1:835,584 | 18,468 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sansei (1,158) may also be a first name.
Sansei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sansei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sansei (Oriya: ସଂେଶଇ) is most common in Japan. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sansei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sansei is the 1,343,156th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Sansei is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Sansei live; 92 percent live in East Asia and 92 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Sansei is also the 233,570th most numerous first name globally, borne by 1,158 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 835,584. In Japan Sansei is mostly concentrated in: Akita Prefecture, where 38 percent are found, Okinawa Prefecture, where 17 percent are found and Kumamoto Prefecture, where 16 percent are found. Besides Japan Sansei is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
Sansei Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sansei has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sansei last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sansei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sansei in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଂେଶଇ | samesa'i | 60 |
| ସଁେସଇ | samesa'i | 40 |
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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 Sansei
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