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
The surname Nauru (Bengali: নাউরু, Hindi: नौरु, Oriya: ନାଉରୁ) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nauru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nauru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,511,557th most common last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Nauru reside; 68 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 68 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 260,392nd most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 960 people.
The surname Nauru is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 87,674. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Chimbu, where 75 percent are found, Morobe, where 10 percent are found and West New Britain, where 8 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea it exists 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
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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 Nauru
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