Saburu Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Saburu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saburu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2111:185,02015,254
Solomon Islands131:44,6188,903
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Saburu (72) may also be a first name.

Saburu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Saburu (Hindi: साबुरु, Oriya: ସବୁରୁ) has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Saburu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,009,375th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. The surname Saburu occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Saburu are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Saburu is also the 1,143,416th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 72 people.

It is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 185,020. In Uganda Saburu is most prevalent in: Maracha District, where 87 percent reside, Arua District, where 5 percent reside and Kiryandongo District, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Saburu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Saburu in the Oriya language
ସବୁରୁsaburu-
Saburu in the Hindi language
साबुरुsaburu33.33
सबुरूsaburu33.33
सबूरूsaburu16.67
साबुरूsaburu16.67

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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 Saburu
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