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 last name Shukura (Bengali: শুকুরা, Hindi: शुकुरा, Marathi: शुकूरा, Oriya: ଶୁକୁରା) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shukura.
How Common Is The Last Name Shukura? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,061,269th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Shukura reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 101,716th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 4,564 people.
The last name Shukura is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 1,093,474. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Jigawa, where 35 percent reside, Bauchi, where 12 percent reside and Kano, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Shukura
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