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.

Anwaru Surname Distribution Map

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

The surname Anwaru (Hindi: अनवारू) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Anwaru click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Anwaru? popularity and diffusion

The last name Anwaru is the 2,460,878th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Anwaru are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anwaru is also the 727,628th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 159 people.

The surname Anwaru is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kano, where 36 percent live, Gombe, where 28 percent live and Kaduna, where 21 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 26 percent live and The Maldives, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onwaru8319/
Anvaru8311/
Enwaru832/
Anuaru831/
Onwuaru77119/
Ennwaru771/
Anbarau771/
Anbarou771/
Anwerau771/
Ambaru67530/
Enweru671/
Onuaru671/
Omwaru671/
Enworu671/
Onwuharau671/
Onworu671/
Anvarouth671/

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
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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 Anwaru
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