Oru Surname
Approximately 6,617 people bear this surname
Oru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,375 | 1:40,490 | 3,227 |
| Cameroon | 836 | 1:24,843 | 3,378 |
| Indonesia | 576 | 1:229,599 | 21,292 |
| Papua New Guinea | 472 | 1:17,275 | 1,739 |
| Estonia | 104 | 1:12,710 | 1,932 |
| Solomon Islands | 60 | 1:9,667 | 1,663 |
| Belgium | 43 | 1:267,364 | 32,244 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
The alternate forms: Örü (373) are calculated separately.
Oru (906) may also be a first name.
Oru Demographics
Average Oru Salary in
United States
$25,536 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Oru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oru (Hindi: ोरू, Marathi: ओरु, Oriya: ଓରୁ, Russian: Ору) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Örü. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 74,290th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,101,337 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Oru are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oru is also the 269,579th most widespread first name in the world, held by 906 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4,375 people, or 1 in 40,490. In Nigeria Oru is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 30 percent live, Bayelsa, where 16 percent live and Cross River, where 15 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Oru Last Name Statistics demography
Oru earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 40.82% less than the national average, earning $25,536 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oru in the Hindi language | ||
| ोरू | oru | - |
| Oru in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓରୁ | oru | - |
| Oru in the Marathi language | ||
| ओरु | oru | 60 |
| ओरू | oru | 40 |
| Oru in the Russian language | ||
| Ору | oru | - |
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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 Oru
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