Samonu Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Samonu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Samonu (14) may also be a first name.
Samonu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samonu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samonu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samonu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Samonu is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Samonu are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 14 people.
Samonu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 43 percent reside, Oyo, where 43 percent reside and Osun, where 14 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and India, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Samonu
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