Uruke Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Uruke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Uruke (12) may also be a first name.
Uruke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uruke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uruke (Russian: Уруке) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Uruke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,635,433rd most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname Uruke occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Uruke are found; 57 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 57 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Uruke is also the 3,306,491st most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 12 people.
Uruke is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea Uruke is mostly found in: Eastern Highlands, where 65 percent live, East Sepik, where 32 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 3 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Uruke is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 35 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Uruke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uruke in the Russian language | ||
| Уруке | uruke | - |
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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 Uruke
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