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 last name Sañay is carried by more people in Ecuador than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Sanay. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sañay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sañay is the 457,658th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,861,361 people. It occurs mostly 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 frequently used in Ecuador, where it is carried by 717 people, or 1 in 22,184. In Ecuador it is primarily found in: Chimborazo Province, where 47 percent live, Guayas Province, where 30 percent live and Pichincha Province, where 10 percent live. Excluding Ecuador it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 2 percent live and Venezuela, where 1 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 Sañay
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