Adru Surname

350,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,041 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Adru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda9691:40,2885,142
India681:11,280,373208,492
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Adru (240) may also be a first name.

Adru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adru (Hindi: अदरु, Tibetan: ཨ་དྲུ།) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adru? popularity and diffusion

Adru is the 350,471st most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 7,000,524 people. Adru is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Adru live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Adru is also the 577,234th most widespread first name in the world, held by 240 people.

Adru is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 969 people, or 1 in 40,288. In Uganda Adru is primarily concentrated in: Yumbe District, where 84 percent are found, Koboko District, where 9 percent are found and Arua District, where 4 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adrus89157/
Gadru89120/
Adrou8960/
Adruh8958/
Audru8957/
Adreu8939/
Adrui8923/
Adrup8917/
Adruj897/
Aadru897/
Adrau894/
Aydru893/
Aidru893/
Hadru892/
Adruu892/
Aydrus801,837/
Gaudru80697/
Hadrou80343/
Adrouj80239/
Adrouh80158/
Aidrus80144/
Hadrup8050/
Haidru8018/
Hadrus8015/
Adruss809/
Adrous806/
Audrus804/
Adroud803/
Aideru802/
Audrau802/
Adreus801/
Hadrau801/
Ajdrus801/
Adrouz801/
Eaderu801/
Addrus801/
Adruch801/
Audrut801/
Adruph801/
Adrauh801/
Adraux801/
Audreu800/
Odru75312/
Edru7564/
Aidrous73527/
Hadrous73173/
Haudrup7333/
Aydrous7317/
Hadrouj7315/
Haidrus7313/
Gaudrau736/
Gaudreu736/
Hadroud735/
Adrouch734/
Audreus734/
Aydruus732/
Hadrouz731/
Addrous731/
Addruss731/
Gaudhru731/
Ahadrou731/
Adhrous731/
Adroush731/
Audruch731/
Aidruss731/
Godru6720/
Adroo6718/
Hedru6716/
Odrus6713/
Hadrouch6711/
Hadroush673/
Odruu672/
Eudru671/
Adrão671/
Adroe671/
Aydroush671/
Eedru671/
Aidrouss671/
Odrud671/
Hodru671/
Oidru671/
Odrou671/
Odrup671/
Hadroujj671/
Eydru671/
Aadrouch671/

Adru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Adru in the Tibetan language
ཨ་དྲུ།adru-
Adru in the Hindi language
अदरुadaru71.43
अदरूadaru14.29
अडरुadaru14.29

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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 Adru
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