Scania Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Scania Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3541:149,55313,593
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Scania (247) may also be a first name.

Scania Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Scania Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Scania occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scania? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 703,644th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 17,434,320 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Scania reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Scania is also the 567,531st most widespread forename world-wide, borne by 247 people.

It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 149,553. In Tanzania Scania is most common in: Simiyu Region, where 36 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 31 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 29 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 4 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schania9219/
Scanio831,204/
Skania8314/
Scanha831/
Scanja831/
Scagna831/
Skanias7715/
Scatgna776/
Skamnia775/
Schonia773/
Scanioo771/
Scangio771/
Sconiat771/
Scagnas771/
Skamnias711/
Scagno67108/
Scaneo678/
Skanja676/
Skanya674/
Chkonia62112/
Sconnio6210/
Skotnia624/
Shkonia621/
Skonija621/
Scongio621/
Scogna50308/
Scogno5042/
Sconyo5011/

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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 Scania
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