Waru Surname
Approximately 3,977 people bear this surname
Waru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,295 | 1:102,123 | 10,505 |
| Papua New Guinea | 635 | 1:12,840 | 1,197 |
| Nigeria | 530 | 1:334,232 | 18,224 |
| Uganda | 409 | 1:95,451 | 9,735 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| New Zealand | 268 | 1:16,897 | 2,950 |
| Pakistan | 190 | 1:940,231 | 12,568 |
| New Caledonia | 73 | 1:3,784 | 630 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| Brazil | 53 | 1:4,039,138 | 109,837 |
| Solomon Islands | 36 | 1:16,112 | 3,051 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
Waru (1,826) may also be a first name.
Waru Demographics
Waru Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Waru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waru (Hindi: वार्उ, Oriya: ୱାରୁ) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 115,988th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,832,423 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 44 percent of Waru reside; 30 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 30 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Waru is also the 178,582nd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 1,826 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,295 people, or 1 in 102,123. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 34 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 27 percent are found and Papua, where 10 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this surname exists in 30 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.
Waru Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Waru has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Waru last name fell 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Waru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Waru surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon and Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waru in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାରୁ | waru | 62.5 |
| ୱରୁ | waru | 25 |
| ୱାରୁାଇଁ | warua'im | 12.5 |
| Waru in the Hindi language | ||
| वार्उ | var'u | 50 |
| वरू | varu | 50 |
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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 Waru
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