Sinyau Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sinyau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sinyau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania661:802,14642,626
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sinyau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sinyau (Russian: Синьяу) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sinyau? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,918,812th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Sinyau reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 802,146. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Arusha Region, where 79 percent are found, Manyara Region, where 6 percent are found and Mara Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shinyau9213/
Sinyaou921/
Sinyahou8613/
Zinyau83212/
Sinyou8315/
Ginyau8314/
Senyau838/
Dzinyau77107/
Shenyau774/
Cinyahu774/
Chinyahu7121/
Seniau6748/
Xinyou677/
Senyou671/
Jenyau671/

Sinyau Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sinyau in the Russian language
Синьяуsinau-

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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
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  • 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 Sinyau
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