Sanuka Surname
Approximately 480 people bear this surname
Sanuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Venezuela | 37 | 1:816,326 | 13,210 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sanuka (686) may also be a first name.
Sanuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanuka (Bengali: সনুকা, Hindi: सनुका, Marathi: सनुका, Oriya: ସାନୁକା, Tibetan: ས་ནུ་ཀ་) is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanuka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 635,252nd most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,182,387 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Sanuka live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 315,870th most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 686 people.
Sanuka is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 27 percent reside and Venezuela, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanuka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanuka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་ནུ་ཀ་ | sanuka | - |
| Sanuka in the Bengali language | ||
| সনুকা | sanuka | 75 |
| সানুকা | sanuka | 25 |
| Sanuka in the Hindi language | ||
| सनुका | sanuka | 50 |
| संूका | samuka | 25 |
| संुका | samuka | 12.5 |
| सानुका | sanuka | 12.5 |
| Sanuka in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାନୁକା | sanuka | 50 |
| ସନୁକା | sanuka | 50 |
| Sanuka in the Marathi language | ||
| सनुका | sanuka | 33.33 |
| सानुका | sanuka | 33.33 |
| सानुक | sanuka | 16.67 |
| सानूका | sanuka | 16.67 |
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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 Sanuka
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