Nu'u Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Nu'u Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Nu'u (15) may also be a first name.
Nu'u Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nu'u Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nu'u is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nu'u? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nu'u is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Nu'u reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 68 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Nu'u is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 15 people.
The last name Nu'u is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Nu'u is most prevalent in: Central, where 73 percent are found and Western, where 27 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in American Samoa, where 27 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngu'u | 89 | 7 | / |
| Nu'uh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nou'ou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nuhu | 75 | 284,208 | / |
| Nuțu | 75 | 322 | / |
| Nuju | 75 | 241 | / |
| Nuyu | 75 | 87 | / |
| Nouu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nuiu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nuuu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngou'ou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuhiu | 67 | 1,102 | / |
| Nguju | 67 | 292 | / |
| Nuhut | 67 | 242 | / |
| Nuhuz | 67 | 102 | / |
| Nouhu | 67 | 49 | / |
| Nuhuh | 67 | 46 | / |
| Nuhou | 67 | 44 | / |
| Nouyu | 67 | 44 | / |
| Nouou | 67 | 20 | / |
| Nuyut | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nuhhu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nuihu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nuuhu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nuyus | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nuhuu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nuțiu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nnuyu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nujui | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nuiyu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nouju | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nuhau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nnuhu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nauhu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuhui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Neuhu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hnuhu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuahu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuyuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhuhu | 67 | 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 Nu'u
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