Sayán Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sayán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Sayan (22,454) are calculated separately.
Sayán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sayán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sayán is more commonly found in Peru than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Sayan. For other possible spellings of Sayán click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sayán? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Sayán live; 80 percent live in South America and 60 percent live in Andean South America.
This surname is most prevalent in Peru, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 10,594,708. In Peru Sayán is most numerous in: Ayacucho Region, where 33 percent live, Ica Region, where 33 percent live and Lima Province, where 33 percent live. Not including Peru this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Sweden, 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 Sayán
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