Samenu Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Samenu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
Samenu (120) may also be a first name.
Samenu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samenu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samenu (Hindi: समीनू, Oriya: ସାେମନୁ, Russian: Самену) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Samenu.
How Common Is The Last Name Samenu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. Samenu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Samenu are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samenu is also the 852,104th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 120 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 38 percent are found, Ogun, where 31 percent are found and Yobe, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 41 percent are found and Russia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samenu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samenu in the Hindi language | ||
| समीनू | saminu | - |
| Samenu in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାେମନୁ | saemanu | 90.32 |
| ସାେମଣୁ | saemanu | 3.23 |
| ସାମିନି | samini | 3.23 |
| ସାେମନୂ | saemanu | 3.23 |
| Samenu in the Russian language | ||
| Самену | samenu | - |
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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 Samenu
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