Samnun Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Samnun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Samnun (665) may also be a first name.
Samnun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samnun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samnun (Marathi: सामनून) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samnun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samnun is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Samnun are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samnun is also the 321,817th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 665 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Samnun is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 29 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samnun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samnun in the Marathi language | ||
| सामनून | samanuna | 50 |
| समनून | samanuna | 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 Samnun
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