Antaru Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Antaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Antaru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1421:1,247,48449,911
India431:17,838,730274,051
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Antaru (272) may also be a first name.

Antaru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Antaru (Bengali: অন্তরু, Hindi: अन्तरू, Marathi: अंतरु, Oriya: ଅରୁ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Antaru click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Antaru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,189,614th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Antaru live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Antaru is also the 538,995th most commonly used forename internationally. It is borne by 272 people.

The last name Antaru is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 1,247,484. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 48 percent live, Kebbi, where 23 percent live and Zamfara, where 15 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Antaru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Antaru in the Marathi language
अंतरुantaru-
Antaru in the Hindi language
अन्तरूantaru60
अंतरूantaru20
अंतरुantaru10
अन्तरुantaru10
Antaru in the Bengali language
অন্তরুantaru50
অন্তারুantaru50
Antaru in the Oriya language
ଅରୁaru50
ଆରୁaru37.5
ରୁru8.33
ରୂru4.17

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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 Antaru
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