Umuru Surname
Approximately 2,124 people bear this surname
Umuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,596 | 1:110,992 | 7,391 |
| Kenya | 384 | 1:120,260 | 10,066 |
| Indonesia | 141 | 1:937,938 | 69,491 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Umuru (954) may also be a first name.
Umuru Demographics
Umuru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Umuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Umuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Umuru (Hindi: उंउरू, Oriya: ଉମୁରୁ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Umuru.
How Common Is The Last Name Umuru? popularity and diffusion
Umuru is the 197,177th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,431,048 people. The last name Umuru occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Umuru reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 261,449th most common first name worldwide, borne by 954 people.
The surname Umuru is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,596 people, or 1 in 110,992. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Zamfara, where 10 percent are found, Sokoto, where 9 percent are found and Adamawa, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.
Umuru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Muslim (67%) in Kenya and Muslim (76%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gumuru | 91 | 270 | / |
| Umauru | 91 | 33 | / |
| Ummuru | 91 | 20 | / |
| Umouru | 91 | 3 | / |
| Humuru | 91 | 2 | / |
| Umuruh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Utmuru | 91 | 1 | / |
| Usmuru | 91 | 1 | / |
| Umueru | 91 | 1 | / |
| Umurgu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gumuruh | 83 | 17 | / |
| Hummuru | 83 | 3 | / |
| Umourou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Humauru | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gummuru | 83 | 1 | / |
| Umoru | 80 | 45,869 | / |
| Omuru | 80 | 786 | / |
| Imuru | 80 | 37 | / |
| Umiru | 80 | 15 | / |
| Oumourou | 77 | 104 | / |
| Oumaurou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Humoru | 73 | 185 | / |
| Ummoru | 73 | 68 | / |
| Jimuru | 73 | 25 | / |
| Uumoru | 73 | 10 | / |
| Uimoru | 73 | 5 | / |
| Imouru | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oumoru | 73 | 2 | / |
| Omuiru | 73 | 2 | / |
| Umorru | 73 | 2 | / |
| Umoruu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Umooru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Omouru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goumourou | 71 | 13 | / |
| Houmourou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aumutrout | 71 | 0 | / |
| Omourou | 67 | 22 | / |
| Hummoru | 67 | 3 | / |
| Houmoru | 67 | 1 | / |
Umuru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Umuru in the Hindi language | ||
| उंउरू | umuru | - |
| Umuru in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉମୁରୁ | umuru | 75 |
| ଉମୁର | umura | 25 |
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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 Umuru
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