Arzú Surname

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

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Arzú Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arzú Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala491:328,2184,622
Honduras71:1,259,4925,127
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Belize11:355,4743,977
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Arzu (14,357) & Arzù (2) are calculated separately.

Arzú Last Name Facts

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

Arzú is more commonly found in Guatemala than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Arzu or Arzù. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arzú? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,460,878th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Arzú are found; 93 percent are found in Central America and 92 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.

This surname is most widespread in Guatemala, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 328,218. In Guatemala it is most common in: Guatemala Department, where 90 percent live and Izabal Department, where 2 percent live. Barring Guatemala this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Honduras, where 11 percent live and Argentina, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arzu9214,357/
Arzù922/
Arzúa8911/
Arzoo673,813/
Arzou671,229/
Garzu6737/
Arsuz6728/
Aarzu6718/
Arzoe678/
Arjuz674/
Arzui672/
Harzu671/
Arzuz671/

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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 Arzú
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