Sanyen Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Sanyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sanyen (33) may also be a first name.
Sanyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanyen occurs most in Liberia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanyen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Sanyen reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Sanyen is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 33 people.
It is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia Sanyen is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 94 percent reside and Bong County, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Liberia Sanyen is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 22 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Sanyen
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