Sanun Surname
Approximately 877 people bear this surname
Sanun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 403 | 1:328,162 | 28,715 |
| Guatemala | 243 | 1:66,184 | 2,499 |
| Malaysia | 63 | 1:468,162 | 23,720 |
| Thailand | 56 | 1:1,261,399 | 181,528 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sanun (4,378) may also be a first name.
Sanun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanun (Hindi: सनून, Marathi: साङूं, Oriya: ସାନୁନ, Russian: Санун) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 400,713th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,309,630 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Sanun live; 61 percent live in Southeast Asia and 54 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sanun is also the 104,334th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 4,378 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 403 people, or 1 in 328,162. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 24 percent are found, Banten, where 13 percent are found and Yogyakarta, where 13 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Guatemala, where 28 percent are found and Malaysia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanun in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାନୁନ | sanuna | 66.67 |
| ସାନୁନ୍ | sanun | 33.33 |
| Sanun in the Hindi language | ||
| सनून | sanuna | 60.87 |
| सानून | sanuna | 17.39 |
| सनुन | sanuna | 13.04 |
| सनूं | sanum | 8.7 |
| Sanun in the Marathi language | ||
| साङूं | sanum | 33.33 |
| सनुन | sanuna | 33.33 |
| सणुं | sanum | 33.33 |
| Sanun in the Russian language | ||
| Санун | sanun | - |
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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 Sanun
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