Munau Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Munau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 174 | 1:169,507 | 10,320 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Munau (1,135) may also be a first name.
Munau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Munau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Munau (Hindi: मुनऊ, Marathi: मुनौ, Oriya: ମୁନା) is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Munau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Munau is the 860,770th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 65 percent of Munau reside; 63 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 63 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Munau is also the 236,307th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 1,135 people.
The last name Munau is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 169,507. In Malaysia Munau is primarily found in: Sarawak, where 95 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent are found and Selangor, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Munau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Munau in the Oriya language | ||
| ମୁନା | muna | - |
| Munau in the Hindi language | ||
| मुनऊ | muna'u | 55.36 |
| मुनाऊ | muna'u | 21.67 |
| मुनउ | muna'u | 11.8 |
| मुनाउ | muna'u | 10.52 |
| मूनाऊ | muna'u | 0.21 |
| मुनउ् | muna'u | 0.21 |
| मूनऊ | muna'u | 0.21 |
| Munau in the Marathi language | ||
| मुनौ | munau | 50 |
| मुनाऊ | muna'u | 50 |
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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 Munau
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