Sanyah Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Sanyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 75 | 1:58,780 | 5,161 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sanyah (112) may also be a first name.
Sanyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanyah is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanyah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sanyah is the 1,746,159th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. Sanyah occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Sanyah reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Sanyah is also the 885,979th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 112 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 58,780. In Liberia Sanyah is most frequent in: Bong County, where 43 percent are found, Grand Bassa County, where 39 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 17 percent are found. Other than Liberia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Sanyah
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