Săñ
surname · Latin script
Săñ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ottoman Turkish صان (san), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *sā- (“to count”). Related to say- (“to count”) and san- (“to consider”).
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 5.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 21K
- THThailand≈1 in 26K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Săñ itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 423 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈19,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled San in GT Guatemala, MY Malaysia, IT Italy and 1 more, Santu in IN India, Sal in US United States and สัณห์ in TH Thailand.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Ottoman Turkishصانsan(measured from records)
- Proto-Turkic*sā-“to count”(measured from records)
From Ottoman Turkish صان (san), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *sā- (“to count”). Related to say- (“to count”) and san- (“to consider”).
Cited for this meaning 13
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
- Wiktionary
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Săñ counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 14K | listed | San | 131 |
| US United States | — | 7,124as Sal | 1 in 47K | 6.8K | Sal | 423 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | — | San | 86 |
| TH Thailand | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 26K | register #174,308 | สัณห์ | 131 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 34K | 1 | San | 40 |
| GT Guatemala | — | ≈830 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | San | 20 |
| FI Finland | — | 535as Sani | 1 in 10K | 530 | — | 5 |
| SE Sweden | — | 264 | 1 in 39K | 264 | — | 22 |
| IN India | #930 | — | — | 2.4K | Santu | 120 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Săñ mean, and where does it come from?
- From Ottoman Turkish صان (san), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *sā- (“to count”). Related to say- (“to count”) and san- (“to consider”). Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 11 other sources.
- In which country does Săñ have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Săñ in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled san.
- How common is the name Săñ?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 264 people named Săñ, about 1 in 39 thousand residents.
- How common is Săñ compared with other names?
- In India, Săñ is the 930th most common given name of 3,760,348 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Săñ” — the 930th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.