Arenu Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

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

Arenu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arenu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1731:764,44658,463
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185

The alternate forms: Areñu (1) are calculated separately.

Arenu (24) may also be a first name.

Arenu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Arenu (Hindi: अरेनू) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Areñu. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arenu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,155,901st most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname Arenu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Arenu live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Arenu is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 24 people.

This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 764,446. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Papua, where 97 percent live and North Maluku, where 3 percent live. Beside Indonesia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Areñu931/
Arenou91113/
Arengu9145/
Arenus9116/
Areenu919/
Arrenu914/
Areanu914/
Arenau913/
Areinu911/
Asrenu911/
Airenu911/
Areunu911/
Araenu911/
Argenau8336/
Aarenau8310/
Ahrenus835/
Arenoud835/
Arengau832/
Arșeanu831/
Areinou831/
Aarengu831/
Aurenou831/
Areunau830/
Aronu80672/
Arinu80120/
Orenu8052/
Erenu8047/
Aranu8019/
Gaureanu77293/
Arrenous7753/
Arenault7712/
Arrenoux778/
Harenhut773/
Aurenaud771/
Arenhaus771/
Areunnau770/
Aranui73131/
Eraenu7387/
Haranu7375/
Herenu7358/
Țaranu7336/
Erienu7332/
Aringu7325/
Arionu7323/
Harinu7318/
Ereanu7316/
Garinu7315/
Arinus7315/
Arenoe7311/
Airanu737/
Aruinu735/
Haronu734/
Ereneu734/
Asrinu733/
Ahronu733/
Arinau732/
Aranuu731/
Eroenu731/
Aranou731/
Arșanu731/
Gorenu731/
Orengu731/
Oreanu731/
Orenus731/
Orienu731/
Aaranu731/
Aresnault7115/
Arrenault7112/
Haargenau712/
Ahrenhaus711/
Asrenault711/
Horeanu67245/
Goreanu67220/
Arannau67136/
Herenhu6720/
Hairanu6720/
Haranau6716/
Garineu6713/
Aryongu679/
Aharonu676/
Aurineu674/
Arășanu674/
Areenoo673/
Garingu672/
Arzinou672/
Arainau672/
Arginau671/
Arrenoo671/
Aaronui671/
Horenuj671/
Heurenu671/
Herrenu671/
Haraneu671/
Erienuu671/
Aharanu671/
Eyreunu671/

Arenu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arenu in the Hindi language
अरेनूarenu-

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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 Arenu
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