Horu Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Horu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 120 | 1:1,102,077 | 79,449 |
| India | 63 | 1:12,175,641 | 218,299 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Turkey | 13 | 1:5,986,263 | 116,031 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Horu (417) may also be a first name.
Horu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Horu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Horu (Hindi: होरू, Marathi: होरु) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Horu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,076,574th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Horu live; 52 percent live in Southeast Asia and 52 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 420,947th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 417 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 1,102,077. In Indonesia Horu is mostly found in: North Maluku, where 77 percent are found, East Nusa Tenggara, where 15 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 5 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Horu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Horu in the Hindi language | ||
| होरू | horu | 57.14 |
| होरु | horu | 42.86 |
| Horu in the Marathi language | ||
| होरु | horu | 55.17 |
| होरू | horu | 44.83 |
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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 Horu
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