Samantu Surname

1,020,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Samantu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Samantu 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
India2381:3,222,96494,263
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641

Samantu (115) may also be a first name.

Samantu Last Name Facts

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

Samantu (Hindi: सामन्तु, Oriya: ସାମୁ) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samantu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,020,242nd most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 29,385,266 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Samantu are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Samantu is also the 873,022nd most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 115 people.

This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 238 people, or 1 in 3,222,964. In India Samantu is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 93 percent are found, West Bengal, where 3 percent are found and Odisha, where 1 percent are found. Apart from India it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.

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
Samanthu9346/
Samantou9310/
Shamantu934/
Sammantu931/
Siamantu931/
Saamanthu884/
Samontu8630/
Somantu861/
Shemantu806/
Samantoo805/
Samamthu801/
Chamantu801/
Somanthu801/
Shahmantous781/
Semountou631/
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Samantu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samantu in the Oriya language
ସାମୁsamu-
Samantu in the Hindi language
सामन्तुsamantu40
समन्तुsamantu40
समन्तूsamantu20

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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 Samantu
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