Warimu Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Warimu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Warimu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Warimu (16) may also be a first name.

Warimu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Warimu is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Warimu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Warimu is the 3,100,440th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 58 percent of Warimu live; 58 percent live in Oceania Islands and 58 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.

The surname Warimu is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Central, where 48 percent are found, National Capital District, where 26 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 17 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and Kenya, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wairimu92120,427/
Waurimu921/
Waerimu921/
Warimou921/
Wayrimu921/
Warrimuh862/
Wairimuj861/
Wairrimu861/
Wairimmu861/
Wairimuh861/
Barimu83140/
Warumu83113/
Waremu8343/
Varimu835/
Worimu832/
Wairumu7711/
Barimou7710/
Bairimu775/
Waryomu771/
Waarumu771/
Barimau771/
Wajrumu771/
Warrimoo711/
Weremu67209/
Woremu678/
Varumu673/
Baremu672/
Worumu671/
Waremouth670/
Baremou623/
Vaeremu621/
Boureimou5316/
Bouraimou531/
Bourhimou531/
Veremu502,792/
Verumu508/
Verēmu501/

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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 Warimu
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