Weriku Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Weriku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weriku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Weriku (925) may also be a first name.

Weriku Last Name Facts

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

Weriku is found most in Ethiopia. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Weriku? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Weriku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Weriku are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Weriku is also the 266,220th most frequent given name internationally It is held by 925 people.

The last name Weriku is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Besides Ethiopia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Werikouh861/
Wereku8370/
Woriku8326/
Wariku8320/
Wiriku839/
Weruku833/
Wirikou7747/
Warikou7730/
Werekou773/
Wairiku771/
Werikoo771/
Berikhou712/
Waraikau711/
Werekuha711/
Woreku676,129/
Wireku67281/
Waruku67107/
Variku6793/
Waricu6777/
Vetrikush6735/
Woruku678/
Wytrickus677/
Wetrykusz675/
Wareku671/
Berrikhou671/
Vetrikuss671/
Viriku671/
Woricu671/

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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 Weriku
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