Rukou Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Rukou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Rukou (395) may also be a first name.
Rukou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rukou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rukou is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rukou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rukou is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Rukou occurs mostly in Oceania, where 83 percent of Rukou reside; 83 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 83 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Rukou is also the 434,832nd most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 395 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Rukou is mostly found in: Bougainville, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Rukou
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