Sanyou Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Sanyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sanyou (13,070) may also be a first name.
Sanyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanyou is found in Taiwan more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanyou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Sanyou is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Sanyou reside; 50 percent reside in East Asia and 50 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 51,092nd most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 13,070 people.
Sanyou is most common in Taiwan, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,861,186. In Taiwan Sanyou is mostly concentrated in: Nantou County, where 100 percent live. Besides Taiwan this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and France, where 20 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 Sanyou
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