Lahiru Surname
Approximately 5,572 people bear this surname
Lahiru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 5,409 | 1:3,847 | 548 |
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Lahiru (76,856) may also be a first name.
Lahiru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lahiru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lahiru (Marathi: लिहरू) is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lahiru? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 86,434th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,307,887 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Lahiru reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Lahiru is also the 12,808th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 76,856 people.
The surname Lahiru is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 5,409 people, or 1 in 3,847. Aside from Sri Lanka Lahiru exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lahiru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lahiru in the Marathi language | ||
| लिहरू | liharu | 50 |
| लहीरु | lahiru | 50 |
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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 Lahiru
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