Oliru Surname

301,076th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Oliru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oliru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,2601:30,9844,198
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Oliru (15) may also be a first name.

Oliru Last Name Facts

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

Oliru is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oliru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 301,076th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,774,601 people. The surname Oliru occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oliru live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Oliru is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,260 people, or 1 in 30,984. In Uganda Oliru is mostly concentrated in: Yumbe District, where 61 percent are found, Arua District, where 17 percent are found and Maracha District, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olirus9113/
Aliru809,823/
Oleru805,191/
Eliru80279/
Oluru80167/
Uliru8070/
Ollierou7758/
Haliru7333,453/
Alioru732,454/
Olerud73379/
Olluru73227/
Alirou73158/
Ulieru73135/
Elieru73102/
Alieru7359/
Alliru7335/
Olerup7315/
Goleru7314/
Aleiru7311/
Ahliru737/
Alairu736/
Alirut735/
Ooluru735/
Aliuru735/
Șoleru734/
Aliruh734/
Olleru733/
Holeru733/
Oeleru732/
Holuru731/
Ouluru731/
O'Leru731/
Guliru731/
Olheru731/
Alhiru731/
Alirru731/
Huliru731/
Olearu731/
Oleuru731/
Oleeru731/
Alitru731/
Alirui731/
Ollitraut7130/
Oslirhout710/
Halliru6733,075/
Halirou674,485/
Golleru67260/
Ollitrault67176/
Holerud6765/
Ollerup6748/
Olesrud6739/
Haliruu6728/
Alaitru6716/
Halairu6712/
Hulliru676/
Halieru675/
Haliuru674/
Alhirou674/
Helliru672/
Hhaliru672/
Galliru672/
Allioru671/
Haeliru671/
Allirou671/
Ahlliru671/
Halitru671/
Oolluru671/
Oulerou671/
Alairou671/
Haaliru671/
Alliruy671/
Haleiru671/
Olearus670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Oliru
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