Etku Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Etku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Etku Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Etkü (119) are calculated separately.

Etku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Etku is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as: Etkü. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Etku? popularity and diffusion

Etku is the 5,812,366th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Etku live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Etku is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Etku is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 60 percent live, Rivers, where 30 percent live and Cross River, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Etkü92119/
Etkus8910/
Yetkou801/
Otku75148/
Atku7595/
Etcu7565/
Itku753/
Ietcu67144/
Hatku679/
Itkou671/
Ytkou671/
Aitku671/
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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 Etku
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