Witru Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Witru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 118 | 1:20,419 | 3,550 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Witru (10) may also be a first name.
Witru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Witru occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Witru.
How Common Is The Last Name Witru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Witru is the 1,628,521st most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name Witru occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Witru live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name internationally It is held by 10 people.
It is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 20,419. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Omaheke Region, where 97 percent live, Kavango East Region, where 1 percent live and Khomas Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Namibia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witrou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wittrup | 83 | 701 | / |
| Waitreu | 83 | 47 | / |
| Witroux | 83 | 2 | / |
| Withrou | 83 | 0 | / |
| Bitru | 80 | 77 | / |
| Vitru | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wichtrup | 77 | 305 | / |
| Waitheru | 77 | 163 | / |
| Weitraut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vitrus | 73 | 323 | / |
| Bitrou | 73 | 250 | / |
| Vitrou | 73 | 7 | / |
| Vitrup | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wetrus | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bittru | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bitruu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wytrus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baitru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wetrau | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whithrust | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vittrup | 67 | 1,019 | / |
| Vistrup | 67 | 210 | / |
| Wetrhus | 67 | 55 | / |
| Westrud | 67 | 36 | / |
| Weisstrupp | 67 | 21 | / |
| Westrus | 67 | 14 | / |
| Withroe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Boitrou | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wettrau | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vitraux | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vaitrus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vitrush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baitrou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wystrup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Westrau | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wethrup | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whitroe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Westreu | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Witru
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