U Surname

1,802nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304,354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Korea
Highest density in:
South Korea

U Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

U Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Korea197,9371:25937
India77,0021:9,962840
Myanmar24,0411:2,160139
Vietnam3,4191:27,097428
Bangladesh6311:252,5467,887
Japan5081:251,66210,189
Thailand3781:186,87430,691
Taiwan2571:91,225910
Brazil591:3,628,379101,412
China471:29,091,9481,546
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Iran131:5,906,348134,214
Algeria131:2,971,65845,332
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
North Korea41:6,279,26291
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

U (118,328) may also be a first name.

U Last Name Facts

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

The surname U (Russian: Ьу) is most common in South Korea. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name U? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,802nd most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,944 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of U are found; 65 percent are found in East Asia and 65 percent are found in Koreanic Asia. It is also the 8,713th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 118,328 people.

U is most common in South Korea, where it is carried by 197,937 people, or 1 in 259. In South Korea it is most numerous in: Gyeonggi Province, where 23 percent reside, Seoul, where 18 percent reside and Busan, where 9 percent reside. Excluding South Korea this surname exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent reside and Myanmar, where 8 percent reside.

U Last Name Statistics demography

U earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 16.61% less than the national average, earning $41,429 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hu6716,960,671/
Gu674,835,026/
Ou671,663,139/
Au67231,186/
Uy6774,069/
Us6742,844/
Ut6727,102/
Uz6724,257/
Ui6713,013/
Uh675,564/
Ud673,271/
673,087/
Uu673,004/
Eu672,278/
Up67766/
Uj67475/
6776/
Ux6740/
6732/
671/
671/
671/

U Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
U in the Russian language
Ьуu-

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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 U
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