Alkuş Surname
Approximately 1,404 people bear this surname
Alkuş Surname Definition:
(from a place name) From Elkish, the Yiddish for Olkusz, a town in Poland.
Alkuş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,403 | 1:55,468 | 5,417 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Alkus (43) are calculated separately.
Alkuş Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from a place name) From Elkish, the Yiddish for Olkusz, a town in Poland.
Alkuş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alkuş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alkuş is found most in Turkey. It can appear as a variant: Alkus. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alkuş? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 276,219th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,190,560 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Alkuş live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,403 people, or 1 in 55,468. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 14 percent live, Diyarbakir Province, where 12 percent live and Samsun Province, where 8 percent live. Not including Turkey this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Alkuş Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Alkuş has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Alkuş last name declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alkus | 93 | 43 | / |
| Alku | 89 | 559 | / |
| Alkou | 80 | 585 | / |
| Halku | 80 | 579 | / |
| Elkuş | 80 | 104 | / |
| Alkku | 80 | 36 | / |
| Galku | 80 | 33 | / |
| Alkau | 80 | 19 | / |
| Alkud | 80 | 15 | / |
| Alkuh | 80 | 3 | / |
| Alkhu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Alkui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alkuu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Atlku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aulku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alkous | 73 | 539 | / |
| Alkouz | 73 | 395 | / |
| Galkus | 73 | 132 | / |
| Aileku | 73 | 114 | / |
| Alkout | 73 | 92 | / |
| Alkouh | 73 | 42 | / |
| Alkusz | 73 | 21 | / |
| Halkou | 73 | 16 | / |
| Halkus | 73 | 9 | / |
| Alkhou | 73 | 9 | / |
| Halkuu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Alhkou | 73 | 7 | / |
| Alkurz | 73 | 6 | / |
| Aulkuh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Alkeus | 73 | 4 | / |
| Alkuss | 73 | 2 | / |
| Galkou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Alkkou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Alkuse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Alkutt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Alkush | 73 | 1 | / |
| Alcu | 67 | 1,049 | / |
| Ailekhu | 67 | 47 | / |
| Halkouj | 67 | 9 | / |
| Alkoush | 67 | 5 | / |
| Halkous | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alkhous | 67 | 2 | / |
| Halkuss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aselkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alkouse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alkoudh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acelkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Allkoud | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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