Wiru Surname
Approximately 450 people bear this surname
Wiru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 408 | 1:19,985 | 2,097 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Wiru (804) may also be a first name.
Wiru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wiru (Hindi: वीरू, Oriya: ୱିରୁ) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wiru is the 666,162nd most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 16,194,546 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Wiru are found; 91 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 91 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 288,491st most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 804 people.
Wiru is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 408 people, or 1 in 19,985. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 72 percent live, Western Highlands, where 12 percent live and Morobe, where 6 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea Wiru occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 6 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wiru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wiru in the Hindi language | ||
| वीरू | viru | - |
| Wiru in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱିରୁ | wiru | - |
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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 Wiru
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