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 last name Aruka (Hindi: अरुका, Marathi: अरूका, Oriya: ଆରୁକ, Russian: Арука) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aruka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aruka is the 707,442nd most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. This last name is predominantly 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 commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,139 people.
Aruka is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 203 people, or 1 in 40,166. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 52 percent reside, Northern, where 26 percent reside and National Capital District, where 11 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea Aruka exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.
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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