Sanyie Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Sanyie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Sanyie (120) may also be a first name.
Sanyie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanyie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanyie is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanyie? popularity and diffusion
Sanyie is the 2,843,861st most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sanyie are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 852,104th most widespread first name globally It is held by 120 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent live and Ghana, where 2 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 Sanyie
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