Namanu Surname

1,095,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1341:1,321,96152,161
Thailand321:2,207,448250,768
Uganda301:1,301,30950,636
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
India51:153,413,076951,030
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Namanu (123) may also be a first name.

Namanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namanu (Marathi: नमनु, Oriya: ନାମାନୁ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namanu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,095,216th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Namanu live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 840,349th most commonly held given name world-wide. It is borne by 123 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 1,321,961. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 28 percent are found, Sokoto, where 20 percent are found and Borno, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 14 percent are found and Uganda, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Namanu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namanu in the Oriya language
ନାମାନୁnamanu-
Namanu in the Marathi language
नमनुnamanu71.43
नामानूnamanu28.57

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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 Namanu
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