Warku Surname

270,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,445 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Warku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Warku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Papua New Guinea1011:80,73010,659
Indonesia501:2,644,984153,918
Eritrea41:1,187,975480
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Warku (999) may also be a first name.

Warku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Warku Come From? nationality or country of origin

Warku (Marathi: वारकु) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Warku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Warku is the 270,023rd most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,043,284 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Warku are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Warku is also the 254,587th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 999 people.

The surname Warku is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Beside Ethiopia it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Warkou9176/
Warkuß9119/
Warkeu911/
Warkusz83184/
Warkcup8378/
Warkuss8318/
Worku80394,715/
Werku805,640/
Varku8038/
Warkusch7737/
Werkau7359/
Workou7321/
Warkoo739/
Varkeu735/
Werkou733/
Workus731/
Warquu731/
Workeu731/
Workhu731/
Workup730/
Barkhau67133/
Barkhou6745/
Varkaus674/
Barkouh672/
Varkhus671/
Wourkou671/
Barckou671/
Workusz671/
Workhus670/
Warrcus670/

Warku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Warku in the Marathi language
वारकुvaraku80
वारकूvaraku20

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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 Warku
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