Sañay Surname
Approximately 739 people bear this surname
Sañay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 717 | 1:22,184 | 3,035 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Sanay (1,761) are calculated separately.
Sañay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sañay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sañay occurs more in Ecuador more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Sanay. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sañay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sañay is the 457,658th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,861,361 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Sañay are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 97 percent are found in Andean South America.
This last name is most common in Ecuador, where it is borne by 717 people, or 1 in 22,184. In Ecuador Sañay is mostly found in: Chimborazo Province, where 47 percent are found, Guayas Province, where 30 percent are found and Pichincha Province, where 10 percent are found. Barring Ecuador Sañay exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 2 percent are found and Venezuela, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Sañay
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