San is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: San
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for San

How popular is San?

San is common in Japan.

San is ranked 453 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sans grew by 50.93923 per cent to 2732 since 2000 and ranked 11512 after elevating 3471 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 76.46 74.25
Hispanic or Latino 11.9 9.34
White 7.8 8.23
Black 1.72 2.04
Others 1.65 5.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.61
San is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Myanmar which signifies that it is originated from Myanmar. Around 1096293 people have been found who wears San as their family name. San is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,209 Nicaragua10
16,914 Mauritania10
705 Gibraltar7
5,340 Iceland6
2,987 Maldives5
1,654 Haiti5
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
1,295 Yemen4
2,537 Afghanistan4
359 Laos4
6,989 Uganda3
70,383 Tanzania3
4,669 Albania3
1,922 Libya3
2,152 Niger2
1,834 Malta2
1,389 Barbados2
6,900 Oman2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
8,593 Slovenia2
3,437 Sudan2
4,744 Macedonia2
1,333 Guam2
1,472 The Bahamas2
261 Solomon Islands2
476 Djibouti2
2,377 Marshall Islands1
2,040 Mali1
717 Bhutan1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
846 American Samoa1
6,033 Benin1
1,542 Andorra1
14,618 Guyana1
2,877 Cuba1
24,421 Slovakia1
5,872 Namibia1
971 Seychelles1
2,078 Lesotho1
2,309 Monaco1
2,935 Madagascar1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,333 Montenegro1
5,916 Mozambique1
700 Somalia1
2,057 Isle of Man1
3,586 Honduras1
1,818 Guernsey1
7,790 Zambia1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
746 Dominica1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
6,149 Ethiopia1
2,715 Gabon1
1,005 The Gambia1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,191 Burkina Faso49
1,273 Luxembourg46
2,337 Cyprus43
11,896 Serbia41
2,214 Costa Rica37
16,226 New Zealand33
7,880 Azerbaijan29
11,722 Georgia27
8,673 Nigeria17
29,040 Denmark15
6,479 Armenia12
71,084 Czech Republic11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,300 Moldova88
6,532 Scotland79
503 French Polynesia79
2,053 Bahrain73
10,682 Kyrgyzstan71
6,104 Wales56
5,846 Ireland55
Countries with hundreds of San:
2,489 Romania960
1,623 Guatemala923
2,744 Kazakhstan882
2,480 Venezuela878
6,785 Kenya785
1,707 Chile728
1,455 United Arab Emirates726
9,170 Poland668
5,446 Cameroon595
623 Lithuania564
3,667 Greece467
172 Macau456
14,184 South Africa438
2,097 Bolivia438
9,309 Spain408
2,178 Tajikistan406
3,705 Belarus404
1,488 Paraguay397
1,727 Dominican Republic397
7,513 Australia382
10,377 Canada380
3,049 Israel377
366 Estonia368
3,041 Austria367
7,802 Netherlands359
7,729 Ghana320
648 Mauritius310
1,281 Panama294
1,003 Latvia277
160 Brunei258
3,910 Jordan247
7,469 Belgium245
1,929 Uruguay244
5,652 Tunisia231
1,184 Puerto Rico231
1,663 Kuwait226
3,109 Bosnia212
2,965 Bulgaria210
6,128 Hungary196
3,076 Portugal185
6,581 Switzerland180
1,506 Jamaica178
1,923 El Salvador172
3,282 Lebanon167
674 Suriname160
1,579 Qatar156
5,791 Norway131
1,036 Fiji122
1,250 Senegal121
6,954 Croatia117
8,002 Sweden116
6,877 Finland109
Countries with thousands of San:
6,218 India8,221
1,348 Philippines7,669
5,230 United States7,565
2,960 Russia6,632
2,331 Indonesia6,524
723 Iraq5,697
1,943 Bangladesh5,500
230 South Korea4,557
3,076 Iran3,582
1,371 Argentina3,404
2,494 Pakistan3,395
747 Ivory Coast3,361
2,538 Germany3,329
2,995 Egypt2,656
1,504 Syria2,352
1,212 Sri Lanka2,217
3,804 France2,094
270 Singapore2,064
3,615 Algeria1,874
2,976 Ukraine1,869
324 Mongolia1,818
2,862 Morocco1,745
735 Nepal1,699
28 Thailand1,690
6,616 Italy1,624
339 Taiwan1,622
2,023 Colombia1,590
280 Hong Kong1,518
1,401 Ecuador1,450
2,801 Uzbekistan1,437
2,686 Peru1,268
1,517 Angola1,200
6,279 England1,119
3,168 Saudi Arabia1,116
Countries with ten thousands of San:
14 Cambodia73,676
478 Turkey24,805
259 Vietnam20,668
939 Mexico15,495
348 Malaysia11,585
1,379 Brazil11,448
Countries with hundred thousands of San:
25 Myanmar523,626
301 China148,227
112 Japan141,149
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San Namesakes

  • Kumar Sanu, Singer
  • K. Sankar, Film Editor
  • Aaren San, Musical Artist
  • Aarón Sanchez, Chef
  • Aaron Sandilands, Australian Rules Footballer
  • Aaron Sanchez, Baseball pitcher
  • Damien Sandow, Professional wrestler
  • José Abad Santos, Justice
  • Diego Abad de Santillán, Author
  • Pedro Abad Santos, Politician
  • Sonadie San, from 2014 action and biography movie Recreation, who portrayed Lili.
  • Tak-Kan San, from 1994 comedy, romance film Bu wen nu xue tang, who played the N.

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