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 surname Sanuma (Hindi: सानुमा, Marathi: सनुमा, Oriya: ସାନୁମା) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanuma? popularity and diffusion
Sanuma is the 878,878th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 49 percent of Sanuma reside; 46 percent reside in East Asia and 46 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 560,146th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 253 people.
Sanuma is most common in Japan, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 900,312. In Japan it is most numerous in: Miyagi Prefecture, where 52 percent are found, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 30 percent are found and Iwate Prefecture, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Japan Sanuma exists 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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