Eruka Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Eruka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 232 | 1:763,546 | 34,496 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Eruka (176) may also be a first name.
Eruka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eruka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eruka is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eruka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Eruka is the 818,364th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Eruka reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 687,834th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 176 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 232 people, or 1 in 763,546. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 35 percent live, Enugu, where 17 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
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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 Eruka
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