Suanu Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Suanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1111:1,595,88159,722
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Suanu (367) may also be a first name.

Suanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Suanu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Suanu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Suanu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Suanu is the 1,527,735th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Suanu are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Suanu is also the 453,982nd most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 367 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria Suanu is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 93 percent are found, Oyo, where 5 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Suanou9188/
Suaynu9168/
Suangu9110/
Suannu911/
Suanhu911/
Suahnu911/
Suannut83154/
Shuanhu833/
Suhaanu832/
Suannou831/
Shuanus831/
Shuangu831/
Juanu8024/
Suonu8010/
Swanu808/
Svanu806/
Zuanu801/
Suannuch7732/
Souhanou772/
Shuhainu771/
Shuangnu771/
Shuhanau771/
Juaneu7340/
Svanhu737/
Suanoe734/
Shbanu734/
Juanus733/
Chuanu731/
Swanou731/
Svanou731/
Juanhu731/
Souhanhou711/
Chuaynu6711/
Chuanhu678/
Chuatnu674/
Xuanhui672/
Suanooy671/
Chuanut671/
Sswangu671/

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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 Suanu
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