Dairu Surname
Approximately 3,666 people bear this surname
Dairu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,149 | 1:56,254 | 4,245 |
| Indonesia | 451 | 1:293,235 | 26,157 |
| Cameroon | 62 | 1:334,985 | 30,391 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Dairu (3,663) may also be a first name.
Dairu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dairu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dairu (Hindi: दैरू, Oriya: ଦଇରୁ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dairu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 124,370th most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,987,874 people. The last name Dairu is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Dairu reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 116,633rd most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 3,663 people.
The last name Dairu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,149 people, or 1 in 56,254. In Nigeria Dairu is most numerous in: Kano, where 11 percent reside, Zamfara, where 11 percent reside and Yobe, where 10 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dairu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dairu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦଇରୁ | da'iru | - |
| Dairu in the Hindi language | ||
| दैरू | dairu | 75 |
| दइरू | da'iru | 25 |
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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 Dairu
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