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་) occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanuka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 635,252nd most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,182,387 people. Sanuka is primarily found in Asia, where 63 percent of Sanuka reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 63 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sanuka is also the 315,870th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 686 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Not including Sri Lanka it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 27 percent live and Venezuela, where 8 percent live.
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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