Vanu Surname
Approximately 14,401 people bear this surname
Vanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 12,917 | 1:59,384 | 4,058 |
| Bangladesh | 1,172 | 1:135,970 | 5,321 |
| Romania | 185 | 1:108,529 | 12,206 |
| United Arab Emirates | 48 | 1:190,881 | 13,202 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Vanú (1) are calculated separately.
Vanu (4,813) may also be a first name.
Vanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vanu (Bengali: ভানুরানী, Hindi: वानू, Marathi: वणू, Oriya: ଭାନୁ, Russian: Вану) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Vanú. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 36,619th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 506,044 people. The surname Vanu occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Vanu reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 98,498th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 4,813 people.
This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 12,917 people, or 1 in 59,384. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Assam, where 60 percent live, Bihar, where 21 percent live and Jharkhand, where 7 percent live. Barring India Vanu is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 8 percent live and Romania, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vanu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vanu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭାନୁ | bhanu | 88.89 |
| ୱୁଭାନୁ | wubhanu | 5.56 |
| ଭାନୁାଇଁ | bhanua'im | 5.56 |
| Vanu in the Hindi language | ||
| वानू | vanu | 35.99 |
| वनू | vanu | 31.5 |
| वनु | vanu | 27.01 |
| वानु | vanu | 3.81 |
| वणू | vanu | 0.54 |
| वणु | vanu | 0.27 |
| वाणू | vanu | 0.14 |
| बानू | banu | 0.14 |
| वाणु | vanu | 0.14 |
| बानो | bano | 0.07 |
| सबु | sabu | 0.07 |
| वानो | vano | 0.07 |
| बणु | banu | 0.07 |
| Vanu in the Bengali language | ||
| ভানুরানী | bhanurani | 25 |
| ভানুমালা | bhanumala | 25 |
| ভানুবলা | bhanubala | 25 |
| ভানু | bhanu | 25 |
| Vanu in the Marathi language | ||
| वणू | vanu | 23.62 |
| वनु | vanu | 22.26 |
| वानु | vanu | 21.26 |
| वानू | vanu | 10.83 |
| वनू | vanu | 9.12 |
| वणु | vanu | 8.82 |
| वाणू | vanu | 2.07 |
| वाणु | vanu | 1.36 |
| वणु़ | vanu | 0.12 |
| वानुं | vanum | 0.06 |
| Vanu in the Russian language | ||
| Вану | vanu | - |
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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 Vanu
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