Uheru Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Uheru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Uheru (12) may also be a first name.
Uheru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uheru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uheru is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Uheru? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Uheru are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Uheru is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held given name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The surname Uheru is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kano, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Uheru occurs in one country. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ujheru | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ouherrou | 77 | 175 | / |
| Uhairu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ihieru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iheiru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ueairu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihearu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iherahu | 67 | 24 | / |
| Gujjeru | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ouhairou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ieeru | 60 | 5 | / |
| Ihiru | 60 | 2 | / |
| Hiiru | 60 | 1 | / |
| Guéru | 60 | 1 | / |
| Ouirou | 55 | 180 | / |
| Guérou | 55 | 5 | / |
| Hauiru | 55 | 2 | / |
| Țițeru | 55 | 1 | / |
| Oujrou | 55 | 1 | / |
| Iehiru | 55 | 1 | / |
| Huérou | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ouirrou | 50 | 83 | / |
| Gujjiru | 50 | 3 | / |
| Gouirou | 50 | 1 | / |
| Oujroud | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Uheru
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis