Biritu Surname

52,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Biritu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Biritu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia9,6591:10,0991,506
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Biritu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Biritu occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Biritu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Biritu is the 52,935th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 754,326 people. The last name Biritu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Biritu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa.

It is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9,659 people, or 1 in 10,099. Beside Ethiopia Biritu exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birithu92234/
Birritu9236/
Biritus921/
Bitritu921/
Birhitu921/
Beritu834,831/
Biretu8316/
Birutu831/
Berhitu772,694/
Beritus7712/
Wairitu771/
Berhitus7131/
Berhittu713/
Bayrituğ712/
Berietou711/
Berutu6714,998/
Beretu6789/
Beritault6784/
Béritault671/
Bereteu6245/
Veritus6215/
Berettu6213/
Wirestu6210/
Byrethu627/
Beretou621/
Beeretu621/
Beruttu621/
Berethu621/
Bereatu621/
Werhitu621/
Beretus621/
Berhitoe5787/
Berhithoe5337/
Weretu501/

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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 Biritu
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