Sanangu Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sanangu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanangu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe851:181,62621,765
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Sanangu (35) may also be a first name.

Sanangu Last Name Facts

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

Sanangu occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sanangu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanangu? popularity and diffusion

Sanangu is the 1,980,395th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Sanangu occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sanangu reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 35 people.

The last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 181,626. In Zimbabwe Sanangu is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 55 percent live, Harare Province, where 20 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe Sanangu is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

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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 Sanangu
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