Operu Surname
Approximately 283 people bear this surname
Operu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 274 | 1:142,479 | 12,806 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Operu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Operu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Operu occurs most in Uganda. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Operu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 930,678th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Operu live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Operu is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 142,479. In Uganda it is most common in: Arua District, where 62 percent are found, Maracha District, where 32 percent are found and Hoima District, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opperud | 83 | 381 | / |
| Opetrus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gopperu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Opiru | 80 | 1,085 | / |
| Eperu | 80 | 580 | / |
| Aperu | 80 | 202 | / |
| Oporu | 80 | 64 | / |
| Oparu | 80 | 15 | / |
| Hopperus | 77 | 52 | / |
| Operhaus | 77 | 0 | / |
| Epieru | 73 | 79 | / |
| Aperau | 73 | 14 | / |
| Oupiru | 73 | 11 | / |
| Aperou | 73 | 9 | / |
| Apergu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ospiru | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hoporu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Epperu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gaperu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oparau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Opirui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eperuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oporou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Asperud | 67 | 84 | / |
| Hoparau | 67 | 25 | / |
| Asperup | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ophioru | 67 | 16 | / |
| Apetrus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Âpetrus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ophiruz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heperou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apperud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osperhoudt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haperud | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Operu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis