Sanuwa Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Sanuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sanuwa (81) may also be a first name.
Sanuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanuwa (Hindi: सनुवा, Oriya: ସାନୁୱା) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,414,640th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Sanuwa reside; 37 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 35 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sanuwa is also the 1,068,082nd most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 81 people.
Sanuwa is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 6,011,327. In Indonesia Sanuwa is primarily found in: East Kalimantan, where 95 percent live and Central Sulawesi, where 5 percent live. Beside Indonesia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sanuwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanuwa in the Hindi language | ||
| सनुवा | sanuva | - |
| Sanuwa in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାନୁୱା | sanuwa | - |
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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 Sanuwa
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