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
Aruka (Hindi: अरुका, Marathi: अरूका, Oriya: ଆରୁକ, Russian: Арука) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aruka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 707,442nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. Aruka is predominantly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Aruka live; 52 percent live in Oceania Islands and 49 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 162,364th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 2,139 people.
Aruka is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 203 people, or 1 in 40,166. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 52 percent are found, Northern, where 26 percent are found and National Capital District, where 11 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in 8 countries. It is also found 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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