Nburu Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Nburu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nburu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Nburu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nburu is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Nburu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nburu? popularity and diffusion

Nburu is the 4,908,606th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Nburu is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Nburu live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Nburu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 75 percent are found, Delta, where 13 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 38 percent are found and Kenya, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mburu8086,628/
Nwuru8022/
Nvuru802/
Mburuu73129/
Mburhu7337/
Nwguru7317/
Nwauru7310/
Hmburu737/
Nweuru732/
Mbuiru731/
Mburru731/
Mbutru731/
Mburuh731/
Nwouru731/
Nvuuru731/
Mbouru731/
Mburui731/
Mbourou673,880/
Mburruu671/
Mbuitru671/
Mbourouh621/
Mbouroux621/
Nworu603,531/
Mboru60462/
Mbùru601/
Mvuru601/
Nouhourou575/
Nworuh5530/
Nwoeru551/
Gnouhourou531/
Mvourou503/
Mbieruh502/
N'Borou501/

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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 Nburu
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