Nauru Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Nauru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 93 | 1:87,674 | 11,644 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nauru (960) may also be a first name.
Nauru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nauru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nauru (Bengali: নাউরু, Hindi: नौरु, Oriya: ନାଉରୁ) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nauru.
How Common Is The Last Name Nauru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,511,557th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Nauru live; 68 percent live in Oceania Islands and 68 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 260,392nd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 960 people.
The last name Nauru is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 87,674. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Chimbu, where 75 percent are found, Morobe, where 10 percent are found and West New Britain, where 8 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nauru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nauru in the Bengali language | ||
| নাউরু | na'uru | - |
| Nauru in the Hindi language | ||
| नौरु | nauru | - |
| Nauru in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାଉରୁ | na'uru | 94.95 |
| ନାଉରୂ | na'uru | 2.53 |
| ନଉରୁ | na'uru | 1.01 |
| େନୗରୁ | enaru | 0.51 |
| କାରୁଆ | karu'a | 0.51 |
| ନାଊରୁ | na'uru | 0.51 |
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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 Nauru
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