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།) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Chéru, Cherú or Chèru. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheru? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cheru is the 27,017th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 366,485 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Cheru reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 24,171st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 36,065 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 18,513 people, or 1 in 5,269. Besides Ethiopia it is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
Cheru Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Cheru last name are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the political 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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