Cheru Surname
Approximately 19,885 people bear this surname
Cheru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 18,513 | 1:5,269 | 842 |
| India | 478 | 1:1,604,739 | 59,073 |
| Tanzania | 437 | 1:121,148 | 11,507 |
| Kenya | 131 | 1:352,518 | 20,779 |
| Romania | 70 | 1:286,827 | 26,171 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Bhutan | 4 | 1:154,010 | 967 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
The alternate forms: Chéru (5), Cherú (3) & Chèru (1) are calculated separately.
Cheru (36,065) may also be a first name.
Cheru Demographics
Average Cheru Salary in
United States
$43,338 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cheru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheru (Hindi: चेरू, Marathi: चेरु, Oriya: େଚରୁ, Russian: Черу, Tibetan: ཆོས་རུ།) is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Chéru, Cherú or Chèru. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheru? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 27,017th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 366,485 people. The surname Cheru occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Cheru are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 24,171st most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 36,065 people.
This surname is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 18,513 people, or 1 in 5,269. Other than Ethiopia this surname exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Cheru Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cheru surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered with the party.
Cheru earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.44% more than the national average, earning $43,338 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheru in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆོས་རུ། | chöru | - |
| Cheru in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚରୁ | ecaru | 96.36 |
| େଚରୂ | ecaru | 2.25 |
| େ଼ଚରୁ | ecaru | 0.07 |
| Cheru in the Marathi language | ||
| चेरु | ceru | 68.57 |
| चेरू | ceru | 31.43 |
| Cheru in the Hindi language | ||
| चेरू | ceru | 50 |
| चेरु | ceru | 50 |
| Cheru in the Russian language | ||
| Черу | ceru | - |
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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 Cheru
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