Afuruku Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afuruku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afuruku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2051:864,11137,851
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afuruku? popularity and diffusion

Afuruku is the 1,155,901st most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname is predominantly found 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 common first name world-wide, borne by 124 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 864,111. In Nigeria Afuruku is most common in: Delta, where 55 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 39 percent are found and Rivers, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afruku9225/
Afurku921/
Afuruka8693/
Afuruke861/
Afaruku861/
Avuruku861/
Aforuku861/
A Faruku805/
Afurueke803/
Afurukah801/
Aforukwu801/
Afaruk7743/
Afruka7739/
Afurka774/
Aforku774/
Afrouk773/
Afraku772/
Afroukh711,726/
Aviruku7111/
Afarukh7111/
A Faruk7111/
Eferuku7111/
Uafaruk7110/
Afaruki719/
Avuruke719/
Afurika717/
Afarouk716/
Efuruka716/
Afurkaa714/
Aforaku713/
Yavuruk712/
Afrouka712/
Aifaruk711/
Uvuruku711/
Ufaruku711/
Afuwerk711/
Afuraka711/
Affrouk711/
Ofiruku711/
Ofuruka711/
A-Faruk711/
Aferaku711/
Afiruka711/
Oforuku711/
Affroukh67240/
Afrik6746/
Ufruk6740/
Afrug6731/
Afrak6720/
Eforuoku6715/
Afrok6711/
Avruk6711/
A Farouk673/
Afroukhi671/
Afork671/
Afurugha671/
Afourkou671/
Afoworku671/
Afrkh671/
Afroukhe671/
Afrek671/
Oforoku571/

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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 Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis