Shanua Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Shanua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Shanua (39) may also be a first name.
Shanua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shanua (Hindi: शनुआ, Oriya: ଶନୁଆ) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shanua is the 2,007,164th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. Shanua occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shanua reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 39 people.
Shanua is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 615,600. In Tanzania Shanua is mostly found in: Mwanza Region, where 85 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 10 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Senegal, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shanua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shanua in the Hindi language | ||
| शनुआ | sanu'a | - |
| Shanua in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶନୁଆ | sanu'a | - |
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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 Shanua
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