Orukan Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Orukan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 244 | 1:159,997 | 13,888 |
| Turkey | 45 | 1:1,729,365 | 63,766 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Orukan (10) may also be a first name.
Orukan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orukan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orukan occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orukan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Orukan is the 891,661st most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name Orukan is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Orukan are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Orukan is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held given name in the world, held by 10 people.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 159,997. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Tororo District, where 52 percent are found, Busia District, where 7 percent are found and Katakwi District, where 6 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oruckan | 92 | 18 | / |
| Oroukan | 92 | 2 | / |
| Orukhan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Arukan | 83 | 240 | / |
| Erukan | 83 | 27 | / |
| Orucan | 83 | 23 | / |
| Orikan | 83 | 12 | / |
| Orokan | 83 | 2 | / |
| Urukan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Arukain | 77 | 21 | / |
| Otrucan | 77 | 20 | / |
| Gorucan | 77 | 14 | / |
| Arukhan | 77 | 10 | / |
| Garukan | 77 | 6 | / |
| Orikhan | 77 | 3 | / |
| Oruccan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gurukan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Orikain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arukane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oruycan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Orickan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gurukhan | 71 | 33 | / |
| Arzukhan | 71 | 11 | / |
| Horukhanova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Atroukan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arukkain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Harukhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hourikan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Arikan | 67 | 2,074 | / |
| Arucan | 67 | 1,776 | / |
| Erukon | 67 | 718 | / |
| Erikan | 67 | 578 | / |
| Arukon | 67 | 17 | / |
| Orocan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Arokan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Urucan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orokon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orikon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haruzkhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erucan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orican | 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 Orukan
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