Šan Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Šan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

The alternate forms: San (713,972), Şan (48), Sán (14), Sàn (4), Sañ (3) & Sãn (1) are calculated separately.

Šan (13) may also be a first name.

Šan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Šan is held by more people in Lithuania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: San, Şan, Sán, Sàn, Sañ or Sãn. For other potential spellings of Šan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Šan is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Šan reside; 71 percent reside in Northern Europe and 71 percent reside in Baltic Europe. Šan is also the 3,159,357th most numerous given name worldwide, held by 13 people.

Šan is most numerous in Lithuania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 606,918. In Lithuania Šan is most prevalent in: Vilnius County, where 100 percent live. Beside Lithuania Šan is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 14 percent live and Gabon, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
San89713,972/
Şan8948/
Šajn86874/
Šain86433/
Šanc86106/
Šank8618/
Šaun861/
Sán7814/
Sàn784/
Sañ783/
Sãn781/
Šaine754/
Šahyn752/
Šaunė751/
Zan67137,862/
Xan67479/
Šanová6765/
Šon6736/
Šanova6713/
Çan676/
Šón673/

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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 Šan
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