Velu Surname
Approximately 11,095 people bear this surname
Velu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,900 | 1:156,544 | 9,797 |
| Malaysia | 1,204 | 1:24,497 | 2,209 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,096 | 1:18,986 | 2,610 |
| United Arab Emirates | 679 | 1:13,494 | 1,652 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| France | 583 | 1:113,933 | 17,120 |
| Qatar | 334 | 1:7,060 | 755 |
| Singapore | 295 | 1:18,670 | 763 |
| United States | 249 | 1:1,455,658 | 99,719 |
| Kuwait | 241 | 1:15,771 | 2,101 |
| Oman | 226 | 1:16,318 | 1,678 |
| England | 103 | 1:540,952 | 33,556 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| South Africa | 83 | 1:652,743 | 48,091 |
| Netherlands | 81 | 1:208,484 | 28,519 |
| Australia | 39 | 1:692,197 | 46,687 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Vélu (9) are calculated separately.
Velu (16,500) may also be a first name.
Velu Demographics
Average Velu Salary in
United States
$64,100 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Velu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Velu (Bengali: ভেলু, Hindi: वेलू, Marathi: वेलु, Oriya: େଭଲୁ, Russian: Велу) is most common in India. It can also be found in the variant forms: Vélu. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Velu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Velu is the 46,716th most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 656,832 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Velu are found; 54 percent are found in South Asia and 54 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 43,449th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 16,500 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 4,900 people, or 1 in 156,544. In India Velu is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 36 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 17 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 11 percent reside. Not including India it is found in 63 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 11 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 10 percent reside.
Velu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Velu has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 4,150 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 10,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Velu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Velu are 11.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.44% being registered with the political party.
The amount Velu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.44% less than the national average, earning R 141,528 per year; in United States they earn 48.56% more than the national average, earning $64,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.38% more than the national average, earning $54,840 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Velu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Velu in the Bengali language | ||
| ভেলু | bhelu | - |
| Velu in the Oriya language | ||
| େଭଲୁ | ebhalu | - |
| Velu in the Hindi language | ||
| वेलू | velu | 58.36 |
| वेलु | velu | 40.21 |
| वेळू | velu | 1.42 |
| Velu in the Marathi language | ||
| वेलु | velu | 48.8 |
| वेलू | velu | 33.62 |
| वेळू | velu | 9.3 |
| वेळु | velu | 7.44 |
| वेल | vela | 0.31 |
| एवेलू | evelu | 0.08 |
| Velu in the Russian language | ||
| Велу | velu | - |
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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 Velu
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