Sanagu Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sanagu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanagu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5971:88,6798,968
India111:69,733,217610,955
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Sanagu (587) may also be a first name.

Sanagu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sanagu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sanagu (Hindi: सणगु, Marathi: सनगु) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanagu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 523,160th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sanagu reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 345,345th most widespread given name internationally, borne by 587 people.

The last name Sanagu is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 597 people, or 1 in 88,679. In Tanzania Sanagu is most common in: Simiyu Region, where 65 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 30 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found and Taiwan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sanagu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanagu in the Marathi language
सनगुsanagu-
Sanagu in the Hindi language
सणगुsanagu54.29
सणगूsanagu28.57
सनगुsanagu8.57
सांगूsangu2.86
संागुsamagu2.86
सनगूsanagu2.86

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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 Sanagu
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