Saunam Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Saunam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
Saunam (844) may also be a first name.
Saunam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saunam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saunam (Hindi: सौनम, Marathi: सौनम) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saunam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,909,720th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Saunam reside; 47 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 47 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Saunam is also the 280,805th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 844 people.
This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 76 percent live, Hela, where 19 percent live and Madang, where 5 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 42 percent live and Malaysia, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saunam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saunam in the Marathi language | ||
| सौनम | saunama | - |
| Saunam in the Hindi language | ||
| सौनम | saunama | 98.19 |
| सौनाम | saunama | 1.41 |
| शौनम | saunama | 0.2 |
| सौ़नम | saunama | 0.2 |
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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
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- 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 Saunam
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