Yuru Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yuru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yuru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
China21:683,660,78330,601
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

The alternate forms: Yürü (174) are calculated separately.

Yuru (22,140) may also be a first name.

Yuru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yuru (Russian: Юру, Tibetan: གཡུ་རུ་) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Yürü. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yuru? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yuru is the 2,185,341st most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 48 percent of Yuru reside; 25 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 25 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Yuru is also the 35,047th most widespread forename globally It is held by 22,140 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 35 percent live, West Sepik, where 29 percent live and Chimbu, where 12 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and South Africa, where 17 percent live.

Yuru Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Yuru earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.29% less than the national average, earning R 58,716 per year and in Canada they earn 59.37% more than the national average, earning $79,180 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oyuru892,459/
Yurut89640/
Uyuru89151/
Yurus89112/
Eyuru8999/
Yurgu8981/
Yuruç8942/
Yurau8930/
Yurui8919/
Yuruz8916/
Yurud8914/
Youru898/
Yurou894/
Yurup893/
Yuruh892/
Yusru892/
Yuruu891/
Yutru891/
Yürü83174/
Uyyuru804,969/
Yourou80575/
Yurush80128/
Ayyuru80101/
Uyuuru8013/
Yourui802/
Uuyuru801/
Yuruph801/
Uyurru801/
Yahuru801/
Eyurut801/
Yourau800/
Juru756,147/
Iuru751/
Oyourou731,363/
Yaourou738/
Yourgou738/
Uyyurru733/
Wanyuru733/
Yourrou732/
Uyyuruu731/
Yourouh731/
D'Yurus731/
Eyourou731/
Yurhaus730/
Jurru671,257/
Eyoru671,088/
Jutru67593/
Ejuru67526/
Jurus67442/
Juruś67307/
Juruš67288/
Ujuru67218/
Ehuru67143/
Jauru6765/
Jurau6764/
Ojuru6756/
Jurut6733/
Jhuru6733/
Ihuru6731/
Oyoru6727/
Jouru6720/
Hoyourou6718/
Ayoru6717/
Jurup6715/
Oiuru678/
Ijuru678/
Juuru677/
Giuru675/
Ujoru675/
Juruz674/
Juruá674/
Jurui674/
Jurhu674/
Juruj674/
Juruh673/
Jurou672/
Jiuru672/
Eiuru671/
Eeuru671/
Yhoru671/
Juruu671/
Jeuru671/
Iurup671/
Aiyohuru671/

Yuru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yuru in the Tibetan language
གཡུ་རུ་yuru-
Yuru in the Russian language
Юруuru-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Yuru
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis