Numanu Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Numanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Numanu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Numanu (16) may also be a first name.

Numanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Numanu occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Numanu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Numanu is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Numanu live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 16 people.

Numanu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Numanu is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 94 percent live and Bayelsa, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nuumanu9210/
Noumanou8610/
Ngumangu861/
Nimanu8314/
Nomanu838/
Numenu831/
Neumangou801/
Nimanuj7716/
Nnumonu772/
Nomanou772/
Nomanuy771/
Nomanhou711/
Noumoneu711/
Ngoumongou631/
Gnoumounou631/
Nomounou571/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Numanu
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