Afuruku Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Afuruku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 205 | 1:864,111 | 37,851 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Afuruku (124) may also be a first name.
Afuruku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afuruku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afuruku is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afuruku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afuruku is the 1,155,901st most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afuruku reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 836,439th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 124 people.
The surname Afuruku is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 864,111. In Nigeria Afuruku is most common in: Delta, where 55 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 39 percent reside and Rivers, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afruku | 92 | 25 | / |
| Afurku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Afuruka | 86 | 93 | / |
| Afuruke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Afaruku | 86 | 1 | / |
| Avuruku | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aforuku | 86 | 1 | / |
| A Faruku | 80 | 5 | / |
| Afurueke | 80 | 3 | / |
| Afurukah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aforukwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afaruk | 77 | 43 | / |
| Afruka | 77 | 39 | / |
| Afurka | 77 | 4 | / |
| Aforku | 77 | 4 | / |
| Afrouk | 77 | 3 | / |
| Afraku | 77 | 2 | / |
| Afroukh | 71 | 1,726 | / |
| Aviruku | 71 | 11 | / |
| Afarukh | 71 | 11 | / |
| A Faruk | 71 | 11 | / |
| Eferuku | 71 | 11 | / |
| Uafaruk | 71 | 10 | / |
| Afaruki | 71 | 9 | / |
| Avuruke | 71 | 9 | / |
| Afurika | 71 | 7 | / |
| Afarouk | 71 | 6 | / |
| Efuruka | 71 | 6 | / |
| Afurkaa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Aforaku | 71 | 3 | / |
| Yavuruk | 71 | 2 | / |
| Afrouka | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aifaruk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uvuruku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ufaruku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afuwerk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afuraka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Affrouk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ofiruku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ofuruka | 71 | 1 | / |
| A-Faruk | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aferaku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afiruka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oforuku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Affroukh | 67 | 240 | / |
| Afrik | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ufruk | 67 | 40 | / |
| Afrug | 67 | 31 | / |
| Afrak | 67 | 20 | / |
| Eforuoku | 67 | 15 | / |
| Afrok | 67 | 11 | / |
| Avruk | 67 | 11 | / |
| A Farouk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Afroukhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afork | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afurugha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afourkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afoworku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afrkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afroukhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afrek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oforoku | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Afuruku
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis