Manu Forename
3,347th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 312,203 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Tonga
Manu Forename Definition:
A Sanskrit name, meaning: Man.
Manu Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 61% | 196,350 | 1:6,187 | 740 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 40,645 | 1:4,369 | 744 |
| Thailand | 100% | 10,692 | 1:6,553 | 1,115 |
| Nepal | 83% | 9,340 | 1:3,050 | 453 |
| Ghana | 84% | 8,484 | 1:3,181 | 473 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3,691 | 1:1,938 | 212 |
| France | 100% | 3,580 | 1:18,567 | 876 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82% | 3,033 | 1:2,688 | 303 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,031 | 1:10,166 | 1,458 |
| DR Congo | 86% | 2,999 | 1:24,617 | 1,917 |
| United States | 87% | 2,632 | 1:137,742 | 5,550 |
| Angola | - | 1,754 | 1:15,374 | 1,486 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,741 | 1:91,592 | 6,439 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,645 | 1:12,644 | 1,825 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,568 | 1:29,675 | 1,509 |
| Belgium | 92% | 1,509 | 1:7,614 | 940 |
| Cameroon | 96% | 1,336 | 1:16,176 | 1,597 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1,315 | 1:6,369 | 871 |
| Indonesia | 50% | 1,276 | 1:202,166 | 19,510 |
| Oman | - | 1,134 | 1:3,623 | 507 |
| Finland | 100% | 949 | 1:5,778 | 626 |
| Togo | - | 824 | 1:8,785 | 1,321 |
| England | 89% | 805 | 1:69,072 | 2,922 |
| Brazil | 95% | 699 | 1:306,489 | 11,799 |
| New Zealand | - | 699 | 1:6,489 | 825 |
| Bahrain | - | 696 | 1:1,938 | 324 |
| Portugal | - | 673 | 1:15,469 | 815 |
| Canada | 100% | 607 | 1:54,585 | 3,490 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 588 | 1:18,030 | 1,368 |
| Poland | 50% | 565 | 1:67,305 | 1,669 |
| Kuwait | - | 532 | 1:7,115 | 885 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 521 | 1:373,047 | 9,797 |
| Afghanistan | 65% | 484 | 1:67,404 | 2,831 |
| Germany | 52% | 444 | 1:217,743 | 3,272 |
| Italy | 68% | 439 | 1:139,094 | 2,271 |
| Egypt | 68% | 347 | 1:264,844 | 8,902 |
| Tonga | - | 302 | 1:356 | 81 |
| Morocco | - | 300 | 1:114,495 | 3,629 |
| Russia | 94% | 280 | 1:515,120 | 5,576 |
| Samoa | - | 274 | 1:712 | 214 |
| Australia | - | 231 | 1:59,124 | 2,626 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Switzerland | 51% | 210 | 1:39,112 | 1,948 |
| Netherlands | 76% | 209 | 1:80,871 | 4,567 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| French Polynesia | - | 151 | 1:1,840 | 421 |
| Kenya | - | 123 | 1:376,481 | 11,889 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 116 | 1:265,400 | 5,580 |
| Romania | - | 111 | 1:180,648 | 6,487 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| South Africa | 57% | 104 | 1:524,352 | 24,687 |
| Bhutan | 73% | 103 | 1:8,009 | 524 |
| Mexico | 67% | 99 | 1:1,253,984 | 9,181 |
| Malaysia | 81% | 87 | 1:349,999 | 17,071 |
| Argentina | 100% | 79 | 1:541,433 | 3,847 |
| New Caledonia | - | 74 | 1:3,651 | 572 |
| Singapore | 100% | 67 | 1:93,837 | 7,326 |
| Cambodia | 51% | 61 | 1:266,776 | 7,560 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 60 | 1:9,401 | 791 |
| American Samoa | - | 52 | 1:1,074 | 130 |
| Liberia | 90% | 52 | 1:84,847 | 3,850 |
| Kazakhstan | 72% | 50 | 1:354,937 | 6,130 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 38 | 1:625,518 | 31,167 |
| Vietnam | 95% | 38 | 1:2,437,450 | 3,239 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Rwanda | - | 36 | 1:315,873 | 1,243 |
| Paraguay | - | 35 | 1:206,766 | 3,303 |
| Sweden | 85% | 35 | 1:281,654 | 8,745 |
| China | - | 34 | 1:40,178,111 | 61,702 |
| Qatar | 99% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Chile | 69% | 30 | 1:586,907 | 6,668 |
| Philippines | 80% | 28 | 1:3,786,053 | 70,966 |
| Estonia | - | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Scotland | 50% | 26 | 1:205,783 | 3,617 |
| Ireland | - | 25 | 1:185,741 | 3,671 |
| Congo | 68% | 24 | 1:208,717 | 6,259 |
| Austria | 100% | 22 | 1:387,009 | 4,082 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 19 | 1:1,214,523 | 33,777 |
| Wales | 100% | 17 | 1:182,018 | 3,415 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Denmark | - | 16 | 1:353,094 | 6,331 |
| Hong Kong | - | 15 | 1:516,848 | 4,412 |
| Guatemala | - | 13 | 1:1,239,110 | 4,883 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 13 | 1:1,186,447 | 39,196 |
| Benin | - | 11 | 1:961,440 | 24,735 |
| Iran | - | 11 | 1:7,136,079 | 23,336 |
| Norway | 75% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| South Korea | - | 11 | 1:504,038 | 12,654 |
| Armenia | 100% | 9 | 1:324,306 | 4,600 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 9 | 1:2,042,163 | 43,570 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Georgia | 100% | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| Peru | 67% | 8 | 1:3,973,932 | 31,495 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 8 | 1:170,177 | 9,829 |
| Azerbaijan | 67% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| Andorra | - | 6 | 1:13,814 | 711 |
| Venezuela | - | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Belarus | 80% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Iceland | - | 5 | 1:73,203 | 3,413 |
| Maldives | - | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Czechia | 79% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | 1:614,382 | 2,910 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Hungary | 68% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Israel | 67% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Manú (206), Manü (5), Mañu (4), Mànu (1), Mànù (1) & Mänü (1) are calculated separately.
Manu (137,732) may also be a surname.
Manu Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Sanskrit name, meaning: Man.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Manu Forename Popularity
Manu Demographics
Manu Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 24 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Manu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Manu in the Russian language | ||
| Ману | manu | - |
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