Shukura Surname
Approximately 235 people bear this surname
Shukura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 162 | 1:1,093,474 | 45,309 |
| India | 53 | 1:14,472,932 | 242,024 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Shukura (4,564) may also be a first name.
Shukura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shukura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shukura (Bengali: শুকুরা, Hindi: शुकुरा, Marathi: शुकूरा, Oriya: ଶୁକୁରା) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shukura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,061,269th most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. The surname Shukura is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Shukura live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 101,716th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 4,564 people.
Shukura is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 1,093,474. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Jigawa, where 35 percent are found, Bauchi, where 12 percent are found and Kano, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent are found and Albania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shukura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shukura in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶୁକୁରା | sukura | - |
| Shukura in the Marathi language | ||
| शुकूरा | sukura | - |
| Shukura in the Hindi language | ||
| शुकुरा | sukura | 95.45 |
| शुकूरा | sukura | 4.55 |
| Shukura in the Bengali language | ||
| শুকুরা | sukura | 66.67 |
| শূকুরা | sukura | 33.33 |
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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 Shukura
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