Zuru Surname
Approximately 800 people bear this surname
Zuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 643 | 1:275,494 | 15,634 |
| Zimbabwe | 59 | 1:261,665 | 27,736 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Zuru (2,349) may also be a first name.
Zuru Demographics
Zuru Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Zuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zuru (Marathi: ज़ुरु) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zuru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zuru is the 430,675th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 9,109,432 people. Zuru is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Zuru live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zuru is also the 153,417th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 2,349 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 643 people, or 1 in 275,494. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 53 percent are found, Kebbi, where 15 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
Zuru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.
Zuru earn significantly more than the average income. In Canada they earn 25.47% more than the national average, earning $62,338 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zuru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zuru in the Marathi language | ||
| ज़ुरु | zuru | - |
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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 Zuru
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