Wamuru Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Wamuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wamuru (19) may also be a first name.
Wamuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamuru is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wamuru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamuru? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wamuru is the 2,414,640th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. Wamuru is mostly found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Wamuru reside; 87 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 87 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 19 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea Wamuru is mostly found in: Madang, where 58 percent are found, National Capital District, where 20 percent are found and West New Britain, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wamuruu | 92 | 9 | / |
| Waimuru | 92 | 7 | / |
| Wamuiru | 92 | 3 | / |
| Wamuuru | 92 | 2 | / |
| Wamourou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wamiru | 83 | 426 | / |
| Womuru | 83 | 112 | / |
| Bamuru | 83 | 42 | / |
| Vamuru | 83 | 2 | / |
| Vamguru | 77 | 14 | / |
| Baimuru | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vaamuru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waimiru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Veamuru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Huamuru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bamourou | 71 | 80 | / |
| Vamourou | 71 | 22 | / |
| Womourou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vemuru | 67 | 1,963 | / |
| Bomuru | 67 | 41 | / |
| Bommuru | 62 | 9 | / |
| Vemmuru | 62 | 4 | / |
| Vemurui | 62 | 1 | / |
| Vamuroo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Vommuru | 62 | 1 | / |
| Uomoru | 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
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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 Wamuru
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