Nguuru Surname
Approximately 378 people bear this surname
Nguuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 359 | 1:6,711 | 1,302 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
Nguuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nguuru occurs more in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguuru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nguuru is the 757,040th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nguuru are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Nguuru is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is borne by 359 people, or 1 in 6,711. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Kavango East Region, where 51 percent reside, Kavango West Region, where 48 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 0 percent reside. Not including Namibia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nguru | 91 | 6,675 | / |
| Ngurup | 83 | 101 | / |
| Ngguru | 83 | 38 | / |
| Nguuri | 83 | 17 | / |
| Ngurru | 83 | 14 | / |
| Ngurus | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ngauru | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ngurut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngurue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngourou | 77 | 124 | / |
| Nggurus | 77 | 9 | / |
| Nguruch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nenguru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguruis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njuru | 73 | 2,175 | / |
| Ngoru | 73 | 442 | / |
| Ngiru | 73 | 57 | / |
| N'Gourou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngourgou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nggoru | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nggiru | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ng'iru | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkhuru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngurie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njurui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngi'ru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njeuru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njuruh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngureu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nchauru | 62 | 1 | / |
| N'Chourou | 53 | 15 | / |
| Ngirau | 50 | 33 | / |
| Ngireu | 50 | 2 | / |
| Nchoru | 50 | 2 | / |
| Nchiru | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ngoreu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Nguuru
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