Samnu Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Samnu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Şamnu (8) are calculated separately.
Samnu (245) may also be a first name.
Samnu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samnu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samnu (Hindi: समनू) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Şamnu. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samnu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Samnu live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samnu is also the 570,604th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 245 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Samnu is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 53 percent reside, Sokoto, where 33 percent reside and Gombe, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 16 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samnu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samnu in the Hindi language | ||
| समनू | samanu | 73.33 |
| समनु | samanu | 20 |
| सामनू | samanu | 6.67 |
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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 Samnu
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