Seruwu Surname

764,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 373 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Seruwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seruwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3661:106,66510,503
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Seruwu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Seruwu occurs most in Uganda. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Seruwu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 764,765th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 19,537,657 people. The last name Seruwu is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Seruwu are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 106,665. In Uganda Seruwu is most common in: Wakiso District, where 27 percent reside, Kampala District, where 20 percent reside and Luweero District, where 17 percent reside. Beside Uganda this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sseruwu921,497/
Seeruwu921/
Sseruuwu862/
Serubu833/
Saruwu831/
Seruvu831/
Sserubu771/
Sherubu771/
Saruvu6767/
Soruvu6761/
Sariwu6721/
Ceruvu6711/
Sirowu673/
Geruvu671/
Sirubu671/
Cheruvu624,070/
Serivou621/
Shiriwu621/
Sarriwu621/
Sirubhau571/
Cheruveu571/
Sirivu501/
Girubu501/

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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 Seruwu
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