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

Eteru (Hindi: ेटेरु) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Eteru? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 928,396th most common family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The surname Eteru occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Eteru live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 15 people.

The surname Eteru is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held 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. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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
  • 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 Eteru
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