Aruka Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
Aruka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 203 | 1:40,166 | 4,870 |
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Aruka (2,139) may also be a first name.
Aruka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aruka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aruka (Hindi: अरुका, Marathi: अरूका, Oriya: ଆରୁକ, Russian: Арука) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Aruka.
How Common Is The Last Name Aruka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 707,442nd most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. The surname Aruka is mostly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Aruka live; 52 percent live in Oceania Islands and 49 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Aruka is also the 162,364th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 2,139 people.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 40,166. In Papua New Guinea Aruka is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 52 percent are found, Northern, where 26 percent are found and National Capital District, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aruka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aruka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆରୁକ | aruka | - |
| Aruka in the Hindi language | ||
| अरुका | aruka | 66.67 |
| अरूका | aruka | 33.33 |
| Aruka in the Marathi language | ||
| अरूका | aruka | 50 |
| अरुका | aruka | 50 |
| Aruka in the Russian language | ||
| Арука | aruka | - |
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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
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- 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 Aruka
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