Donanu Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Donanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
Donanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Donanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Donanu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Donanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Donanu is the 2,020,555th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Donanu are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Donanu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 98 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Donanu is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doneanu | 92 | 43 | / |
| Doonanu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Donaanu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dounanou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Donainou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dananu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Deneanu | 77 | 122 | / |
| Dananau | 77 | 96 | / |
| Danganu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Dhananu | 77 | 9 | / |
| Donenou | 77 | 7 | / |
| Dannanu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Danangu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Dananou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Donanoe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dunangu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dumneanu | 71 | 40 | / |
| Daeneanu | 71 | 35 | / |
| Donomnut | 71 | 22 | / |
| Dugneanu | 71 | 11 | / |
| Danangou | 71 | 11 | / |
| Tdanganu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Denanhou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Denainou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dhanannu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dhannanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Denenu | 67 | 26 | / |
| Dounounou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Danhonnou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Danonu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dagnanhou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Donanu
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