Sanmu Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Sanmu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanmu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan301:781,4925,561
China221:62,150,9803,380
India221:34,866,608408,224
Nepal41:7,120,23914,461
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sanmu (271) may also be a first name.

Sanmu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sanmu (Hindi: संमू, Marathi: सनमू) has its highest incidence in Taiwan. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sanmu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanmu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sanmu is the 1,994,173rd most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. Sanmu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Sanmu reside; 59 percent reside in East Asia and 59 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 540,009th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 271 people.

This last name is most widely held in Taiwan, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 781,492. In Taiwan it is most common in: New Taipei City, where 73 percent live and Taipei City, where 27 percent live. Other than Taiwan this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in China, where 25 percent live and India, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sanmud91132/
Sanmut9164/
Sanmui9156/
Shanmu9145/
Sanmou9118/
Sanhmu911/
Sanmuu911/
Sanmoud837/
Shanmui833/
Shanmou832/
Sanmujh831/
Sainemu831/
Sammu80529/
Canmu8062/
Janmu8049/
Zanmu802/
Sonmu801/
Sangeemu771/
Sammut7310,043/
Sammou73381/
Shammu73133/
Sonmus7391/
Janmud7344/
Saummu7329/
Sonmut7313/
Sonmou739/
Zanmou738/
Zhanmu738/
Sammud736/
Sanmoo736/
Sammau734/
Chanmu733/
Sonmau733/
Sammus733/
Janmou732/
Janmuy732/
Janmut732/
Janmus731/
Janmuj731/
Janmui731/
Sammmu731/
Sammuj731/
Shenmu731/
Sammui731/
Saãmou731/
Sammup731/
Sammoud67725/
Sammouh67206/
Chanmui6783/
Djanmou6739/
Sammutt6733/
Sammout6713/
Zhanmui675/
Shammut673/
Chanmou673/
Chanmeu672/
Shammud672/
Shammui671/
Shahanmouy671/
Shomnmu671/
Shanmoo671/
Sammuth671/
Sahammu671/
Sammaut671/

Sanmu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanmu in the Marathi language
सनमूsanamu50
सन्मुsanmu50
Sanmu in the Hindi language
संमूsammu44
सन्मूsanmu12
सानमुsanamu12
संमुsammu8
सनमूsanamu8
सांमूsammu8
शंमूsammu4
सन्मुsanmu4

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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 Sanmu
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