Rouka Surname
Approximately 724 people bear this surname
Rouka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Greece | 196 | 1:56,530 | 9,431 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Rouka (1,212) may also be a first name.
Rouka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rouka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rouka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻭﻗﻪ) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Rouka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rouka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 465,182nd most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,065,671 people. The last name Rouka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Rouka live; 67 percent live in North Africa and 42 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Rouka is also the 227,458th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 1,212 people.
The last name Rouka is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Outside of Egypt Rouka occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 27 percent reside and Morocco, where 23 percent reside.
Rouka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Rouka has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rouka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rouka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﻭﻗﻪ | rwqh | - |
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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
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- 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 Rouka
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