Erau Surname
Approximately 921 people bear this surname
Erau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 772 | 1:50,569 | 6,116 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Erau (34) may also be a first name.
Erau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Erau is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Erau.
How Common Is The Last Name Erau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 385,671st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 7,912,645 people. The last name Erau occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Erau reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Erau is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 34 people.
The surname Erau is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 772 people, or 1 in 50,569. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Soroti District, where 28 percent are found, Kaberamaido District, where 27 percent are found and Amuria District, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in France, where 6 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Erau
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