Nanunu Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nanunu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanunu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nanunu (17) may also be a first name.

Nanunu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nanunu (Hindi: नन्ूनू) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nanunu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanunu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Nanunu live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nanunu is also the 2,694,839th most common first name in the world It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 93 percent live and Sokoto, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nganunu92398/
Nanungu92335/
Nangunu92105/
Nainunu922/
Nannunu921/
Nangungu8634/
Ngangunu864/
Nanounou862/
Nanhungu861/
Nannungu861/
Naninu8395/
Nganounou805/
Ngangungu801/
Nangunguh801/
Nnaninu7721/
Nnanonu774/
Nongunu771/
Gnanhounou7528/
Nathnugnui751/
Nongungu711/
Ngongunu711/
Gnonhounou631/
Naininu628/
Nanoonoo571/
Nononu501/

Nanunu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nanunu in the Hindi language
नन्ूनूnanunu-

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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 Nanunu
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