Erkuş Surname
Approximately 7,291 people bear this surname
Erkuş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 7,269 | 1:10,706 | 1,398 |
| Northern Cyprus | 19 | 1:16,790 | 4,295 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Erkus (242) are calculated separately.
Erkuş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erkuş Come From? nationality or country of origin
Erkuş is found most in Turkey. It can also be found as: Erkus. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Erkuş? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 68,142nd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 999,526 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Erkuş live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 89 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Erkuş is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 7,269 people, or 1 in 10,706. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent reside, Malatya Province, where 12 percent reside and Diyarbakir Province, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Turkey this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erkus | 93 | 242 | / |
| Gerkuş | 91 | 94 | / |
| Erku | 89 | 2,640 | / |
| Erkau | 80 | 85 | / |
| Orkuş | 80 | 38 | / |
| Herku | 80 | 34 | / |
| Ierku | 80 | 19 | / |
| Erkuz | 80 | 18 | / |
| Erkhu | 80 | 18 | / |
| Eirku | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ercuş | 80 | 5 | / |
| Erkou | 80 | 4 | / |
| Erkku | 80 | 2 | / |
| Erkuu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jerkus | 73 | 48 | / |
| Gerkou | 73 | 46 | / |
| Gerkau | 73 | 41 | / |
| Gerkus | 73 | 41 | / |
| Herkus | 73 | 40 | / |
| Eurkus | 73 | 28 | / |
| Erzkus | 73 | 11 | / |
| Eirkui | 73 | 5 | / |
| Herkou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hercku | 73 | 2 | / |
| Herkut | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gerkui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Earkus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Herkau | 73 | 0 | / |
| Erkaut | 73 | 0 | / |
| Yerkus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Herkous | 67 | 817 | / |
| Erkü | 67 | 23 | / |
| Irku | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ercu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Heereku | 67 | 3 | / |
| Herkucz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Herkush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eyrekeu | 67 | 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
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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 Erkuş
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