Sança Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Sança Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 273 | 1:285,060 | 18,958 |
| Brazil | 94 | 1:2,277,387 | 70,617 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Cape Verde | 39 | 1:13,581 | 488 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Sanca (32,920) & Šanca (261) are calculated separately.
Sança (50) may also be a first name.
Sança Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sança Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sança occurs most in Turkey. It may be found as a variant: Sanca or Šanca. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sança? popularity and diffusion
It is the 659,458th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,981,460 people. The surname Sança is mostly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Sança live; 59 percent live in West Asia and 59 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Sança is also the 1,412,538th most numerous forename internationally. It is borne by 50 people.
The last name is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 285,060. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Van Province, where 34 percent reside, Mersin Province, where 31 percent reside and Tokat Province, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Turkey Sança occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 21 percent reside and Portugal, where 10 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 Sança
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