Family name ครุ (Garu 
, Kharu 
, Khru 
) , in the world, is a common surname. The last name ครุ is characteristic of Papua New Guinea, where it is quite a rare surname, Nepal, and India. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Nepal, and Indonesia. Also, ครุ is the forename as well as the last name.