Saanu Surname
Approximately 822 people bear this surname
Saanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 786 | 1:225,372 | 13,252 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Saanu (399) may also be a first name.
Saanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saanu (Hindi: सोनू, Marathi: सानू) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saanu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 421,746th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,865,628 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Saanu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Saanu is also the 432,205th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 399 people.
The last name Saanu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 786 people, or 1 in 225,372. In Nigeria Saanu is most common in: Ogun, where 68 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Oyo, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saanu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saanu in the Marathi language | ||
| सानू | sanu | 75 |
| सानु | sanu | 25 |
| Saanu in the Hindi language | ||
| सोनू | sonu | 71.7 |
| सानू | sanu | 16.98 |
| साानु | saanu | 3.77 |
| शानू | sanu | 3.77 |
| सोनु | sonu | 1.89 |
| सैानू | saianu | 1.89 |
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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 Saanu
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