Aropu Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Aropu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aropu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda281:1,394,26052,673
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Aropu (11) may also be a first name.

Aropu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Aropu occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Aropu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,776,799th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Aropu are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Aropu is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 11 people.

This surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 1,394,260. In Uganda Aropu is most numerous in: Soroti District, where 54 percent are found, Serere District, where 21 percent are found and Kampala District, where 14 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 37 percent are found and The Philippines, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Haropu9128/
Aropuu9112/
Garopu914/
Aropou911/
Arapu801,333/
Arepu80619/
Eropu8038/
Oropu809/
Harapu73406/
Arrepu73217/
Garapu73173/
Aarepu7368/
Atrapu7363/
Horopu7339/
Ajrapu7321/
Aurapu7313/
Arrapu7312/
Airapu738/
Arapou736/
Oropou735/
Aarapu735/
Eropeu734/
Araphu734/
Araupu734/
Oruopu733/
Araput732/
Asrapu731/
Areppu731/
Areepu731/
Ahrapu731/
Aerapu731/
Earapu731/
Heropu731/
Arepeu731/
Arappu731/
Europeu67130/
Goropui6723/
Adtrapu6716/
Garrapu6714/
Gaarapu6710/
Athrapu678/
Aatrapu678/
Ajjrapu675/
Gaurapu674/
Arreepu674/
Garaapu674/
Gargapu674/
Garhapu673/
Garabpu671/
Aaraapu671/
Aerrapu671/
Arapuis671/
Garapau671/
Goropou671/
Harepau671/

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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 Aropu
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