Sanvan Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sanvan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanvan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya281:1,649,28235,844
India91:85,229,487684,495
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Sanvan (117) may also be a first name.

Sanvan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sanvan (Hindi: सांवन, Marathi: सांवन) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sanvan.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanvan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,185,033rd most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Sanvan live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 864,112th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 117 people.

It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 1,649,282. In Kenya Sanvan is most frequent in: Bomet County, where 100 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 24 percent live and Pakistan, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sanvan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanvan in the Marathi language
सांवनsanvana-
Sanvan in the Hindi language
सांवनsanvana62.5
सांवणsanvana15.63
संवनsanvana6.25
सन्वनsanvana3.13
सनव्वरsanavvara3.13
सनवनsanavana3.13
संावनsamavana3.13
सन्वानsanvana3.13

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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 Sanvan
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