Sahnu Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Sahnu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sahnu (278) may also be a first name.
Sahnu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahnu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahnu (Hindi: शानू, Marathi: शंभु) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sahnu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahnu? popularity and diffusion
Sahnu is the 4,649,889th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Sahnu reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 532,586th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 278 people.
This surname is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India it is most common in: Bihar, where 78 percent are found. Barring India Sahnu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahnu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahnu in the Marathi language | ||
| शंभु | sambhu | - |
| Sahnu in the Hindi language | ||
| शानू | sanu | 50 |
| सानू | sanu | 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 Sahnu
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