Bandanu Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bandanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bandanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Bandanu (53) may also be a first name.

Bandanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bandanu (Hindi: बंदनु, Oriya: ନୁ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bandanu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Bandanu is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Bandanu are found; 80 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 53 people.

Bandanu is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bandhanu9367/
Bandanou931/
Vandanu8658/
Wandangu801/
Vandanou801/
Vandanau801/
Bandongu801/
Wandangau755/
Wandaangu753/
Boundanou751/
Bandoungou71202/
Bondenu7111/
Bandonouth719/
Wandonu711/
Vandonou67272/
Voundanou633/
Bondonnaud5922/
Vondonou531/
Woundonou501/
Vandeynoo501/

Bandanu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bandanu in the Hindi language
बंदनुbandanu-
Bandanu in the Oriya language
ନୁnu84.62
ବାନୁbanu15.38

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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 Bandanu
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