Bekuru Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Norway

Bekuru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bekuru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Bekuru Last Name Facts

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

Bekuru is found most in Ethiopia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bekuru? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bekuru is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Bekuru are found; 45 percent are found in East Africa and 45 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Outside of Ethiopia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bekourou86242/
Beckurru860/
Bakuru831,503/
Bokuru8345/
Bikuru8326/
Bekiru8313/
Baakuru7772/
Bakkuru7730/
Bakurru7728/
Baykuru778/
Bokkuru776/
Bhakuru775/
Bitkuru773/
Baikuru773/
Bakuuru771/
Bikauru771/
Becourou714/
Bhakkuru713/
Bikurupp711/
Bakiru67953/
Bikoru6719/
Bacuru672/
Bikiru671/
Bacurau62264/
Baikoru6211/
Bakkiru628/
Bekorou627/
Bacurru621/
Bakhiru621/
Bekirou621/
Baikiru621/
Bokkiru621/
Baicuru621/
Bacuirou571/
Baqiru507/
Bicoru503/

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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 Bekuru
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