Derku Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Derku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Derku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
India51:153,413,076951,030

Derku (65) may also be a first name.

Derku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Derku Come From? nationality or country of origin

Derku (Marathi: डेरकु, Oriya: େଦକୁର୍, Russian: Дерку) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Derku? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,432,070th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Derku live; 79 percent live in Southeast Asia and 79 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,212,820th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 65 people.

The surname Derku is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 4,723,186. In Indonesia Derku is mostly concentrated in: Maluku, where 93 percent live and West Papua, where 7 percent live. Not including Indonesia it occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Derkau918/
Derkut917/
Derkuś911/
Deerku911/
Dearku911/
Derkuş911/
Derkuch836/
Derkush831/
Darku805,140/
Dorku8011/
Dirku8010/
Dercu802/
Dreku802/
Dirkou7316/
Drekou736/
Dharku735/
Darkui735/
Dyreku735/
Derceu734/
Dirkuj733/
Darkhu731/
Daarku731/
Dyrkau731/
Dercux730/
Derkoe730/
Darkhou671/
Dearcup670/
Deercup670/
Dercuss670/
Dercouch621/
Deercoup620/
Drecu602/
Dirceu55130/
Dyrkoo554/
Darcou551/
Darcau551/
Darqeu551/

Derku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Derku in the Oriya language
େଦକୁର୍edakur-
Derku in the Marathi language
डेरकुderaku-
Derku in the Russian language
Деркуderku-

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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 Derku
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