Shaanu Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Shaanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Shaanu (101) may also be a first name.
Shaanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shaanu (Hindi: शाानू, Marathi: शानू) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaanu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,605,694th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Shaanu occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Shaanu reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shaanu is also the 940,641st most common first name in the world, borne by 101 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Shaanu is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 52 percent reside, Ogun, where 26 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 36 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaanu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaanu in the Marathi language | ||
| शानू | sanu | - |
| Shaanu in the Hindi language | ||
| शाानू | saanu | 40 |
| शानू | sanu | 40 |
| शाानु | saanu | 20 |
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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 Shaanu
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