Songyan Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Songyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Songyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China131:105,178,5825,529
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Songyan (48,891) may also be a first name.

Songyan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Songyan is found most in China. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Songyan.

How Common Is The Last Name Songyan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Songyan is the 4,116,508th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Songyan reside; 91 percent reside in East Asia and 91 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Songyan is also the 18,881st most frequent first name internationally, borne by 48,891 people.

The last name is most widespread in China, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 105,178,582. Beside China it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 35 percent are found and Thailand, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sangyan8670/
Sangyaan8065/
Shangyan808/
Sondhyan801/
Sangyahan754/
Sangyon71165/
Sandyan7128/
Soundaiyan718/
Sondian711/
Sondean710/
Sandhyan67202/
Sondayon6744/
Sandyang675/
Sondiang673/
Sondihan672/
Sondjian672/
Sangyoun671/
Sondiane671/
Soundian671/
Soundjan671/
Sondjang671/
Shandyan671/

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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 Songyan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis