Ereka Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Ereka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 63 | 1:733,014 | 30,691 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ereka (793) may also be a first name.
Ereka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ereka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ereka (Oriya: ଏେରକା) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ereka.
How Common Is The Last Name Ereka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ereka is the 1,125,333rd most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Ereka reside; 30 percent reside in East Africa and 29 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 290,823rd most numerous first name in the world, borne by 793 people.
Ereka is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 733,014. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Trans Nzoia County, where 97 percent are found, Siaya County, where 2 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Ereka occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ereka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ereka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏେରକା | eeraka | - |
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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 Ereka
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