U Surname
Approximately 304,354 people bear this surname
U Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 197,937 | 1:259 | 37 |
| India | 77,002 | 1:9,962 | 840 |
| Myanmar | 24,041 | 1:2,160 | 139 |
| Vietnam | 3,419 | 1:27,097 | 428 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Japan | 508 | 1:251,662 | 10,189 |
| Thailand | 378 | 1:186,874 | 30,691 |
| Taiwan | 257 | 1:91,225 | 910 |
| Brazil | 59 | 1:3,628,379 | 101,412 |
| China | 47 | 1:29,091,948 | 1,546 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| North Korea | 4 | 1:6,279,262 | 91 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
U (118,328) may also be a first name.
U Demographics
Average U Salary in
Canada
$41,429 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
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
U Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| U in the Russian language | ||
| Ьу | u | - |
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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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