Minanu Surname

638,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 477 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Minanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Minanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3831:192,89719,402
Zambia901:176,11012,058
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Minanu (55) may also be a first name.

Minanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Minanu (Hindi: मीनानू) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Minanu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 638,206th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,277,874 people. Minanu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Minanu live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 80 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most common first name globally, held by 55 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 383 people, or 1 in 192,897. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 19 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Minangu92116/
Minganu9219/
Muinanu924/
Minanou921/
Minannu921/
Muinangu8689/
Mignanou8657/
Minangou861/
Minhaanu861/
Mingangu861/
Munanu83771/
Menanu837/
Minenu835/
Mignannou8032/
Minaungou801/
Minongu7762/
Munanui7712/
Munanau7710/
Menganu7710/
Menanau774/
Menangu774/
Menanuy771/
Măneanu771/
Megnanou7149/
Mingonou7131/
Mențeanu714/
Mignonou711/
Minongou711/
Minounou711/
Minonhui711/
Menannou711/
Minonnou711/
Minoungou6711,655/
Megnannou67162/
Mignonnou6747/
Menenu6742/
Munenu6734/
Megnanhou6728/
Munonu6727/
Minhounou6721/
Menonu672/
Minoingou671/

Minanu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Minanu in the Hindi language
मीनानूminanu-

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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 Minanu
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