Sumau Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Sumau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Sumau (472) may also be a first name.
Sumau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sumau (Hindi: सुमाऊ, Marathi: सुमाऊ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. Sumau occurs mostly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Sumau are found; 54 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Sumau is also the 391,811th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 472 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Sumau is most prevalent in: Madang, where 86 percent are found, New Ireland, where 7 percent are found and Western, where 7 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 32 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sumau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sumau in the Marathi language | ||
| सुमाऊ | suma'u | 75 |
| सुमारु | sumaru | 25 |
| Sumau in the Hindi language | ||
| सुमाऊ | suma'u | 70 |
| सुमाउ | suma'u | 15 |
| सुमउ | suma'u | 5 |
| सुमौ | sumau | 5 |
| सुमन | sumana | 2.5 |
| सुमौआ | sumau'a | 2.5 |
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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 Sumau
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