Zoru Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Zoru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Zoru (274) may also be a first name.
Zoru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zoru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zoru (Marathi: ज़ोरु) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Zoru.
How Common Is The Last Name Zoru? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zoru is the 2,580,327th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Zoru live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 536,832nd most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 274 people.
Zoru is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Zoru is most frequent in: Borno, where 65 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 35 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zoru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zoru in the Marathi language | ||
| ज़ोरु | zoru | - |
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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 Zoru
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