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.

DNA test information

Sinyau Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 surname Sinyau (Russian: Синьяу) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sinyau? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname Sinyau is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Sinyau live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Sinyau is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 802,146. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Arusha Region, where 79 percent reside, Manyara Region, where 6 percent reside and Mara Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 18 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shinyau9213/
Sinyaou921/
Sinyahou8613/
Zinyau83212/
Sinyou8315/
Ginyau8314/
Senyau838/
Dzinyau77107/
Shenyau774/
Cinyahu774/
Chinyahu7121/
Seniau6748/
Xinyou677/
Senyou671/
Jenyau671/
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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
  • 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 Sinyau
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