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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dairu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dairu is the 124,370th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,987,874 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Dairu reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dairu is also the 116,633rd most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 3,663 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,149 people, or 1 in 56,254. In Nigeria Dairu is most frequent in: Kano, where 11 percent are found, Zamfara, where 11 percent are found and Yobe, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
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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