Bahnu Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Bahnu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 121 | 1:6,339,383 | 145,676 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Bahnu (174) may also be a first name.
Bahnu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahnu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bahnu (Marathi: भानू, Oriya: ବାହନ୍ୁ) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bahnu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahnu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,637,889th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Bahnu reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Bahnu is also the 692,220th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 174 people.
Bahnu is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 6,339,383. In India Bahnu is primarily concentrated in: Assam, where 81 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent live and Telangana, where 7 percent live. Besides India it exists in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahnu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahnu in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାହନ୍ୁ | bahanu | - |
| Bahnu in the Marathi language | ||
| भानू | bhanu | - |
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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
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- 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 Bahnu
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