Sanum Surname
Approximately 626 people bear this surname
Sanum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 244 | 1:65,913 | 2,494 |
| Thailand | 165 | 1:428,111 | 74,983 |
| Indonesia | 126 | 1:1,049,597 | 76,344 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| Pakistan | 26 | 1:6,870,919 | 39,117 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sanum (1,090) may also be a first name.
Sanum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanum (Hindi: सानुम, Oriya: ସନୁମ, Russian: Санум) occurs most in Guatemala. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 520,022nd most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,641,447 people. The surname Sanum occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Sanum live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 39 percent live in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 241,726th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 1,090 people.
It is most commonly used in Guatemala, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 65,913. In Guatemala it is most prevalent in: Chimaltenango Department, where 71 percent are found and Guatemala Department, where 27 percent are found. Not including Guatemala this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 26 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanum in the Oriya language | ||
| ସନୁମ | sanuma | - |
| Sanum in the Hindi language | ||
| सानुम | sanuma | 44.44 |
| सनूम | sanuma | 22.22 |
| सनुम | sanuma | 11.11 |
| सानूम | sanuma | 11.11 |
| सानूं | sanum | 11.11 |
| Sanum in the Russian language | ||
| Санум | sanum | - |
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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 Sanum
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