Sanuma Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Sanuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 142 | 1:900,312 | 19,121 |
| Brazil | 124 | 1:1,726,406 | 56,376 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sanuma (253) may also be a first name.
Sanuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sanuma (Hindi: सानुमा, Marathi: सनुमा, Oriya: ସାନୁମା) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanuma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sanuma is the 878,878th most widespread surname internationally, held by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. The surname Sanuma occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of Sanuma live; 46 percent live in East Asia and 46 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 560,146th most frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 253 people.
The last name Sanuma is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 900,312. In Japan Sanuma is primarily found in: Miyagi Prefecture, where 52 percent are found, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 30 percent are found and Iwate Prefecture, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 40 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanuma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanuma in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାନୁମା | sanuma | - |
| Sanuma in the Marathi language | ||
| सनुमा | sanuma | - |
| Sanuma in the Hindi language | ||
| सानुमा | sanuma | 68.42 |
| सनुमा | sanuma | 15.79 |
| सनूमा | sanuma | 7.89 |
| सानूमा | sanuma | 5.26 |
| सैनूमा | sainuma | 2.63 |
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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 Sanuma
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