Samhu Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Samhu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 203 | 1:76,050 | 11,208 |
| Nepal | 9 | 1:3,164,551 | 10,069 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Samhu (104) may also be a first name.
Samhu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samhu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samhu (Hindi: साम्हू, Marathi: सामु़) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Samhu.
How Common Is The Last Name Samhu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,129,067th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Samhu are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Samhu is also the 925,156th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 104 people.
The last name Samhu is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 203 people, or 1 in 76,050. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 33 percent reside, Harare Province, where 21 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 16 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samhu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samhu in the Hindi language | ||
| साम्हू | samhu | - |
| Samhu in the Marathi language | ||
| सामु़ | samu | - |
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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 Samhu
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