Nanaru Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nanaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanaru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676

The alternate forms: Nanárů (1) are calculated separately.

Nanaru (31) may also be a first name.

Nanaru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nanaru occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Nanárů. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanaru? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nanaru is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Nanaru occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 56 percent of Nanaru are found; 56 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 31 people.

Nanaru is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Northern, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Nanaru occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 44 percent live.

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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 Nanaru
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