Amiru Surname
Approximately 11,721 people bear this surname
Amiru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11,304 | 1:15,671 | 1,526 |
| Kenya | 239 | 1:193,221 | 14,280 |
| Uganda | 57 | 1:684,900 | 34,656 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Amiru (7,775) may also be a first name.
Amiru Demographics
Amiru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amiru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amiru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amiru (Bengali: আমিরু, Hindi: अमीरू, Marathi: अिमरू, Oriya: ଅମିରୁ, Russian: Амиру) is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amiru? popularity and diffusion
It is the 44,308th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 621,751 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Amiru are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amiru is also the 72,452nd most frequently used first name globally It is held by 7,775 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11,304 people, or 1 in 15,671. In Nigeria Amiru is mostly concentrated in: Katsina, where 36 percent live, Zamfara, where 16 percent live and Kano, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Amiru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amiru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amiru in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମିରୁ | amiru | - |
| Amiru in the Bengali language | ||
| আমিরু | amiru | 77.78 |
| আমীরু | amiru | 11.11 |
| অমিরু | amiru | 11.11 |
| Amiru in the Hindi language | ||
| अमीरू | amiru | 48.9 |
| अमीरु | amiru | 44.51 |
| अमिरू | amiru | 3.85 |
| अमिरु | amiru | 0.55 |
| आमीर | amira | 0.55 |
| आमिरु | amiru | 0.55 |
| आमिर | amira | 0.55 |
| Amiru in the Marathi language | ||
| अिमरू | aimaru | 45.45 |
| अमीरु | amiru | 45.45 |
| अमीरू | amiru | 9.09 |
| Amiru in the Russian language | ||
| Амиру | amiru | - |
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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 Amiru
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