Sinan Surname
Approximately 51,095 people bear this surname
Sinan Surname User-submission:
Sinan (Arabic: سنان sinān) is a name found in Arabic and Early Arabic, meaning spearhead. The name may also be related to the Ancient Greek name Sinon. It was used as a male given name.
Sinan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 34,260 | 1:771 | 107 |
| Turkey | 5,529 | 1:14,075 | 1,765 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,266 | 1:13,617 | 1,911 |
| Ivory Coast | 2,228 | 1:10,355 | 848 |
| Egypt | 1,068 | 1:86,082 | 7,577 |
| Indonesia | 564 | 1:234,484 | 21,651 |
| Lebanon | 515 | 1:10,946 | 1,614 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| France | 469 | 1:141,626 | 21,818 |
| Jordan | 466 | 1:18,975 | 2,876 |
| Iraq | 424 | 1:82,598 | 2,661 |
| India | 376 | 1:2,040,068 | 69,568 |
| Palestine | 285 | 1:15,961 | 2,769 |
| United Arab Emirates | 266 | 1:34,445 | 3,670 |
| Thailand | 251 | 1:281,428 | 48,394 |
| Maldives | 200 | 1:2,021 | 198 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| Benin | 131 | 1:78,898 | 9,362 |
| Kuwait | 125 | 1:30,406 | 3,898 |
| United States | 110 | 1:3,295,081 | 188,193 |
| Iran | 63 | 1:1,218,770 | 52,259 |
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| Malaysia | 51 | 1:578,318 | 28,229 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Cambodia | 45 | 1:344,159 | 3,673 |
| Bulgaria | 45 | 1:155,087 | 8,846 |
| North Macedonia | 40 | 1:52,537 | 5,570 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30 | 1:117,880 | 9,113 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Albania | 22 | 1:132,457 | 11,174 |
| Oman | 21 | 1:175,618 | 3,524 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Tunisia | 12 | 1:50,886 | 6,752 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
The alternate forms: Siñan (1) are calculated separately.
Sinan (190,281) may also be a first name.
Sinan Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Sinan (Arabic: سنان sinān) is a name found in Arabic and Early Arabic, meaning spearhead. The name may also be related to the Ancient Greek name Sinon. It was used as a male given name.
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Average Sinan Salary in
United States
$31,598 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sinan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sinan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sinan (Arabic: سنان, Bengali: সিনান, Georgian: სინან, Hindi: सिनान, Marathi: िसनान, Oriya: ସିନାନ, Russian: Синан) is most common in Yemen. It can occur as a variant: Siñan. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sinan? popularity and diffusion
Sinan is the 10,987th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,627 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Sinan reside; 85 percent reside in West Asia and 73 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Sinan is also the 5,507th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 190,281 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is held by 34,260 people, or 1 in 771. In Yemen it is mostly concentrated in: Ibb Governorate, where 32 percent are found, Taiz Governorate, where 19 percent are found and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 7 percent are found. Barring Yemen this last name is found in 81 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 11 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent are found.
Sinan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sinan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sinan surname rose 407 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sinan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Shiite (44%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Sinan last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Sinan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 369.64% more than the national average, earning R 1,116,050 per year; in United States they earn 26.77% less than the national average, earning $31,598 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.84% more than the national average, earning $54,571 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sinan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sinan in the Georgian language | ||
| სინან | sinan | - |
| Sinan in the Bengali language | ||
| সিনান | sinana | - |
| Sinan in the Marathi language | ||
| िसनान | isanana | 63.16 |
| िसनन | isanana | 31.58 |
| सीनन | sinana | 5.26 |
| Sinan in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିନାନ | sinana | 57.14 |
| ସିନନ | sinana | 28.57 |
| ସିନଂ | sinam | 14.29 |
| Sinan in the Hindi language | ||
| सिनान | sinana | 40 |
| सीनां | sinam | 40 |
| सीनान | sinana | 20 |
| Sinan in the Russian language | ||
| Синан | sinan | - |
| Sinan in the Arabic language | ||
| سنان | snan | - |
| سينان | synan | - |
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Footnotes
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