Anwaru Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Maldives

Anwaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Anwaru 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
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
India161:47,941,586492,263
Maldives51:80,8343,218
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Anwaru (159) may also be a first name.

Anwaru Last Name Facts

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

Anwaru (Hindi: अनवारू) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Anwaru? popularity and diffusion

Anwaru is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Anwaru live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 727,628th most numerous given name in the world, borne by 159 people.

The last name Anwaru is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 36 percent live, Gombe, where 28 percent live and Kaduna, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent live and The Maldives, where 8 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
Onwaru8319/
Anvaru8311/
Enwaru832/
Anuaru831/
Onwuaru77119/
Ennwaru771/
Anbarau771/
Anbarou771/
Anwerau771/
Ambaru67530/
Enweru671/
Onuaru671/
Omwaru671/
Enworu671/
Onwuharau671/
Onworu671/
Anvarouth671/
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Anwaru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Anwaru in the Hindi language
अनवारूanavaru-

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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 Anwaru
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