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) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shukura? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,061,269th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Shukura are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shukura is also the 101,716th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 4,564 people.
The surname Shukura is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 1,093,474. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Jigawa, where 35 percent reside, Bauchi, where 12 percent reside and Kano, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent reside and Albania, where 2 percent reside.
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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