Sanyon Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Sanyon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 431 | 1:10,229 | 1,131 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Sanyon (673) may also be a first name.
Sanyon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanyon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanyon is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sanyon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanyon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 674,066th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 16,450,442 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sanyon are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Sanyon is also the 319,704th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 673 people.
The surname Sanyon is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 431 people, or 1 in 10,229. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 42 percent are found, Lofa County, where 23 percent are found and Grand Kru County, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Liberia Sanyon occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Sanyon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sanyon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sanyon
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