Eteru Surname

928,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 284 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Eteru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eteru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2621:149,00513,229
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Eteru (15) may also be a first name.

Eteru Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Eteru Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Eteru (Hindi: ेटेरु) is most common in Uganda. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Eteru click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Eteru? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 928,396th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The last name Eteru occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Eteru reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Eteru is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 149,005. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Kaberamaido District, where 47 percent live, Amuria District, where 27 percent live and Soroti District, where 11 percent live. Besides Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and New Zealand, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Esteru9187/
Etergu9113/
Yeteru911/
Ieteru911/
Geteru911/
Etteru911/
Estheru8327/
Yesteru8327/
Hetheru834/
Yetheru831/
Esteyru831/
Esteeru831/
Esterud831/
Esterus831/
Easteru830/
Etoru801,857/
Ateru80300/
Oteru80273/
Etaru80155/
Etiru8053/
Iteru8051/
Aiyeteru7727/
Hetterud7712/
Yestheru778/
Yesterau771/
Esteruch771/
Giteru73572/
Etharu7334/
Ataeru7323/
Ettaru737/
Aiteru735/
Atheru735/
Estiru733/
Isteru733/
Itheru732/
Jiteru731/
Ajteru731/
Etarou731/
Hoteru731/
Eataru731/
Estyru731/
Ysteru731/
Adteru731/
Atieru731/
Atteru731/
Aterou731/
Otteru731/
Esterhuis7155/
Esterhaus7115/
Esterhuys716/
Easterhaus6723/
Ysterud6715/
Githeru6715/
Jåterud675/
Hotteru674/
Atherru672/
Attieru671/
Jaiteru671/
Gayteru671/
Attaeru671/
Hatieru671/
Iteheru671/
Estairu671/
Easterhous671/
Hatteru671/
Ottearu671/

Eteru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Eteru in the Hindi language
ेटेरुeteru-

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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 Eteru
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