Andruw Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Andruw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Andruw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Andruw (50) may also be a first name.

Andruw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Andruw is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Andruw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Andruw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Andruw live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 50 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Andruw is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 36 percent live, Abia, where 29 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Andreuw924/
Androw83140/
Andruf839/
Endruw837/
Handrow77124/
Andruff7747/
Andrufe7714/
Andreuv772/
Androow771/
Andrrow771/
Andrauf770/
Handrub770/
Ondruf6716/
Andruchvh671/
Androev627/
Androov621/
Hendrauf5721/
Oendrauf571/
Ondrufová537/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Andruw
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