Nu'u Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Nu'u Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nu'u Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngu'u897/
Nu'uh891/
Nou'ou801/
Nuhu75284,208/
Nuțu75322/
Nuju75241/
Nuyu7587/
Nouu754/
Nuiu751/
Nuuu751/
Ngou'ou731/
Nuhiu671,102/
Nguju67292/
Nuhut67242/
Nuhuz67102/
Nouhu6749/
Nuhuh6746/
Nuhou6744/
Nouyu6744/
Nouou6720/
Nuyut6716/
Nuhhu6714/
Nuihu6712/
Nuuhu6710/
Nuyus678/
Nuhuu677/
Nuțiu676/
Nnuyu676/
Nujui675/
Nuiyu674/
Nouju673/
Nuhau672/
Nnuhu672/
Nauhu672/
Nuhui672/
Neuhu672/
Hnuhu672/
Nuahu671/
Nuyuy671/
Nhuhu671/

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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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