Rooka Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
Rooka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Rooka (1,909) may also be a first name.
Rooka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rooka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rooka (Hindi: रूका) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rooka? popularity and diffusion
Rooka is the 623,516th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,812,085 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Rooka reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 173,888th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 1,909 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Other than Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found and Japan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rooka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rooka in the Hindi language | ||
| रूका | ruka | - |
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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 Rooka
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