Erkihun Surname

246,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Erkihun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erkihun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,6101:60,5886,165
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Erkihun (1,157) may also be a first name.

Erkihun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Erkihun is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Erkihun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Erkihun? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 246,661st most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,520,810 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Erkihun reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Erkihun is also the 233,698th most prevalent forename in the world, held by 1,157 people.

Erkihun is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Not including Ethiopia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erkyihun931,771/
Erkiyhun931/
Erikyihun881/
Erkiyihun881/
Erkyeihun881/
Erkyhun869/
Erkehun861/
Erikiyihun821/
Erkyehun8016/
Irkyihun801/
Erkyehune751/
Erkoyun7155/
Erkohen7133/
Erkayhan67120/
Erokohan6717/
Er-Kohen673/

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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 Erkihun
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