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
Sanyen is most common in Liberia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sanyen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanyen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Sanyen live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 33 people.
It is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia it is most common in: Nimba County, where 94 percent live and Bong County, where 6 percent live. Besides Liberia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 22 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
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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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