Uraku Surname
Approximately 594 people bear this surname
Uraku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 578 | 1:306,475 | 17,059 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Uraku (53) may also be a first name.
Uraku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uraku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uraku (Hindi: उरकू, Marathi: उरकु) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Uraku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 540,721st most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 12,268,596 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Uraku reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 53 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 578 people, or 1 in 306,475. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 85 percent live, Enugu, where 4 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Japan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ueraku | 91 | 4 | / |
| Urakau | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ouraku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Urraku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hurakut | 83 | 5 | / |
| Aurakud | 83 | 4 | / |
| Hurakud | 83 | 4 | / |
| Urakhau | 83 | 3 | / |
| Urakaus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oraku | 80 | 729 | / |
| Iraku | 80 | 218 | / |
| Ureku | 80 | 4 | / |
| Uracu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gurakhau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Irakau | 73 | 140 | / |
| Hiraku | 73 | 18 | / |
| Horaku | 73 | 9 | / |
| Jiraku | 73 | 6 | / |
| Iraiku | 73 | 5 | / |
| Oreaku | 73 | 3 | / |
| Irakui | 73 | 3 | / |
| Irakou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orakcu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Irakuj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Irakku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oraiku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orauku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ourzakkou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gaurakheu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Horakhu | 67 | 49 | / |
| Ourokuy | 67 | 33 | / |
| Hirakui | 67 | 20 | / |
| Horzaku | 67 | 5 | / |
| Horakau | 67 | 1 | / |
Uraku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uraku in the Hindi language | ||
| उरकू | uraku | - |
| Uraku in the Marathi language | ||
| उरकु | uraku | 66.67 |
| ुरकु | uraku | 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 Uraku
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