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) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saunam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Saunam is the 2,909,720th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Saunam are found; 47 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 47 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Saunam is also the 280,805th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 844 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Saunam is most common in: Morobe, where 76 percent live, Hela, where 19 percent live and Madang, where 5 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname is found 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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