Eriaku Surname
Approximately 608 people bear this surname
Eriaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 600 | 1:65,065 | 7,385 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Eriaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eriaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eriaku is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eriaku? popularity and diffusion
Eriaku is the 531,574th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,986,095 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Eriaku live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 600 people, or 1 in 65,065. In Uganda it is most common in: Serere District, where 35 percent live, Soroti District, where 19 percent live and Amuria District, where 17 percent live. Not including Uganda Eriaku is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eriakhu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Eiriaku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Erhiakhu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gerijaku | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oriaku | 83 | 5,654 | / |
| Iriaku | 83 | 246 | / |
| Eryaku | 83 | 58 | / |
| Erioku | 83 | 42 | / |
| Ariaku | 83 | 18 | / |
| Eriacu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ohieriaku | 80 | 3 | / |
| Orjiaku | 77 | 42 | / |
| Oriakku | 77 | 5 | / |
| Oriakuh | 77 | 5 | / |
| Orieaku | 77 | 3 | / |
| Orihaku | 77 | 3 | / |
| Orriaku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oriakau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oriakui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Erieoku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oriakhu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Orjiakou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Irojiaku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orioku | 67 | 38 | / |
| Iryaku | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eryacu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aryaku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ereoku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eryoku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arijoku | 62 | 66 | / |
| Horioku | 62 | 8 | / |
| Irjakou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Aryaakhuu | 53 | 19 | / |
| Orjoku | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Eriaku
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis