Horu
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Horu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 19K(inferred from the name graph)
- SYSyria≈1 in 3.5M
- BEBelgium≈1 in 8.3M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 14 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Hörü in TR Türkiye, BE Belgium, NL Netherlands.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Horu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Hörü | 14 |
| SY Syria | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | — | Horu | 2 |
| BE Belgium | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 8.3M | — | Hörü | 2 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 15M | — | Hörü | 2 |
| IN India | — | — | 15 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Horu is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Czech, accusative singular of hora
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ほる
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, dirt; filth; foulness
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tft, to paddle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 15 | #94,935 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4 | #7,657 |
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Horu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.4 thousand people named Horu in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hörü.
- How common is the name Horu?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4,400 people in Türkiye have Horu as their first given name, about 1 in 19 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Horu?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/horuThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Horu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.