Shanmug Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Shanmug Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Shanmug Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shanmug (39) may also be a first name.

Shanmug Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shanmug Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shanmug (Hindi: शनमुग, Marathi: शनमुग) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Shanmug click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shanmug? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Shanmug live; 62 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shanmug is also the 1,637,361st most frequent given name in the world, borne by 39 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Shanmug is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 38 percent live, Maharashtra, where 25 percent live and Karnataka, where 13 percent live. Apart from India it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 23 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shanmugh933/
Sanmug925/
Shanmuk8619/
Shanmukh8083/
Sanmuk7767/
Sammug771/
Shaanmukh751/
Sanmukh71836/
Sanmuke711/
Chanmuk711/
Seanmuk711/
Sanmukhe6762/
Sonmuk6265/
Sommug621/
Chonmuk5752/
Sanmook5712/
Sammouk571/
Sonmukhe534/
Chammouc531/
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Shanmug Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shanmug in the Hindi language
शनमुगsanamuga-
Shanmug in the Marathi language
शनमुगsanamuga60
शन्मुगsanmuga20
शण्मुगsanmuga10
पीशन्मुगpisanmuga5
षणमुगsanamuga5

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Shanmug
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