Wuwur Surname

893,754th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 300 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Wuwur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wuwur Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2991:442,30536,893
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Wuwur (26) may also be a first name.

Wuwur Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wuwur is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wuwur? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wuwur is the 893,754th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Wuwur live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 98 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wuwur is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 26 people.

This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 442,305. In Indonesia Wuwur is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 70 percent are found, West Kalimantan, where 11 percent are found and East Kalimantan, where 8 percent are found. Barring Indonesia Wuwur is found in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wouwour831/
Buwur803/
Wowor606,427/
Bubur6055/
Vuvur604/
Wowhor5552/
Bubour551/
Bubeur550/
Bouveur50309/
Boubour5047/
Boubeur501/
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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 Wuwur
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