Chanua Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Chanua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 155 | 1:341,559 | 25,363 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chanua (118) may also be a first name.
Chanua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chanua (Hindi: चनुआ, Oriya: ଚାନୁଆ) is found most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chanua is the 1,364,059th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chanua are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Chanua is also the 859,937th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 118 people.
The surname Chanua is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 341,559. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 96 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 3 percent reside and Katavi Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanua in the Hindi language | ||
| चनुआ | canu'a | 80 |
| चंऊआ | camu'a | 15 |
| चन्ूा | canua | 5 |
| Chanua in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାନୁଆ | canu'a | 60 |
| ଚନୁଆ | canu'a | 40 |
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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 Chanua
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