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
The surname Erkuş has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can appear as: Erkus. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Erkuş? popularity and diffusion
The surname Erkuş is the 68,142nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 999,526 people. The surname Erkuş is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Erkuş reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 89 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 7,269 people, or 1 in 10,706. In Turkey Erkuş is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent reside, Malatya Province, where 12 percent reside and Diyarbakir Province, where 6 percent reside. Besides Turkey this surname exists 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
- 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 Erkuş
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