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
Sanuka (Bengali: সনুকা, Hindi: सनुका, Marathi: सनुका, Oriya: ସାନୁକା, Tibetan: ས་ནུ་ཀ་) is most common in Sri Lanka. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanuka? popularity and diffusion
Sanuka is the 635,252nd most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 15,182,387 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Sanuka reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 63 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 315,870th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 686 people.
Sanuka is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Besides Sri Lanka Sanuka occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 27 percent are found and Venezuela, where 8 percent are found.
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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- 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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