All over the world, Samanu (Samanu 
, سمنو 
) is quite a rare principally male, but very seldom female forename. The forename Samanu is characteristic of India, where it is a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely girly name, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently female name. Much less frequently, Samanu is the last name as well as the forename.