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 last name Sanvan (Hindi: सांवन, Marathi: सांवन) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sanvan.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanvan? popularity and diffusion

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

It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 1,649,282. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Bomet County, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Sanvan exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent are found and Pakistan, where 3 percent are found.

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
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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 Sanvan
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