Vellur Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Vellur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vellur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1401:5,479,038132,955
United Arab Emirates481:190,88113,202
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Vellur (22) may also be a first name.

Vellur Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vellur is found most frequently in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vellur? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,115,011th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Vellur reside; 64 percent reside in South Asia and 62 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 22 people.

The last name Vellur is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 5,479,038. In India it is mostly found in: Karnataka, where 51 percent are found, Kerala, where 13 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent are found. Outside of India this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 22 percent are found and Qatar, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Velleur9243/
Vellure9220/
Vellour9210/
Velluire8628/
Bellur83926/
Villur838/
Vyllur831/
Fellur831/
Bellour771,051/
Fellure77371/
Bellure7788/
Velloor7781/
Villure773/
Fellour773/
Villeur772/
Felleur771/
Bellaur771/
Belleur770/
Belliure71210/
Belluire7120/
Velloore715/
Villaurz713/
Fellhaur713/
Villaure711/
Villuire710/
Bellhour710/
Villhaur710/
Billur672,659/
Bellor67379/
Wellor6733/
Houelleur678/
Fellor675/
Willur673/

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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
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  • 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 Vellur
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