Hữu Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Hữu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hữu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Huu (85,834) are calculated separately.

Hữu Last Name Facts

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

Hữu is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Huu. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hữu.

How Common Is The Last Name Hữu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hữu is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Hữu is mostly found in The Americas, where 25 percent of Hữu are found; 25 percent are found in North America and 25 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in Australia, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 26,995,701. Outside of Australia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 25 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Huu8985,834/
Hu8016,960,671/
Hou674,316,647/
Chu672,218,703/
Hui67470,645/
Huy67169,619/
Hau6751,479/
Hut6715,401/
Hus6710,545/
Khu679,668/
Huz678,064/
Hud675,457/
Hux672,275/
Heu672,196/
Huh672,088/
Ahu671,917/
Huß671,504/
Hup671,230/
Ohu67767/
Huj67197/
Huş67186/
Huđ6753/
Huț6741/
Hhu6712/
Hju6711/
Huš677/
Huď676/
Huệ672/
Hậu672/
Huí672/
Huá671/
Huë671/
Huì671/
Huș671/

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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 Hữu
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