Drisu Surname
Approximately 3,660 people bear this surname
Drisu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,657 | 1:48,439 | 3,723 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Drisu (1,110) may also be a first name.
Drisu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Drisu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Drisu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Drisu.
How Common Is The Last Name Drisu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 124,538th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,991,133 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Drisu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Drisu is also the 239,405th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 1,110 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,657 people, or 1 in 48,439. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 85 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found and Delta, where 2 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driscu | 91 | 111 | / |
| Drishu | 91 | 7 | / |
| Tdrisu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Drisou | 91 | 2 | / |
| Drisau | 91 | 1 | / |
| Drissou | 83 | 258 | / |
| Dritsou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Driscou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dricu | 80 | 34 | / |
| Drizu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Dresu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Driţu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Drusu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dreiszus | 77 | 22 | / |
| Dreissus | 77 | 7 | / |
| Drissoud | 77 | 1 | / |
| Driesseu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Drishaus | 77 | 0 | / |
| Drizou | 73 | 55 | / |
| Drișcu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Dresou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Dressu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dreusu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Driceu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dresus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Dreischuh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dreszus | 67 | 8 | / |
| Dressou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Drayshu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dreysus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dressup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dreschau | 62 | 7 | / |
| Dreijhus | 62 | 2 | / |
| Droicius | 62 | 1 | / |
| Dreysuss | 62 | 1 | / |
| Dreshous | 62 | 0 | / |
| Dreju | 60 | 27 | / |
| Drecu | 60 | 2 | / |
| Druzhu | 55 | 7 | / |
| Drechou | 50 | 10 | / |
| Drajjou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Drisu
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