Yaruk Surname

431,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 799 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Belarus

Yaruk Surname User-submission:

The Yaruk surname is thought to be derived from the Golden Light Sutra's Old Uygur title, Altun Yaruq. This surname means 'light', 'gleam', 'luminosity', 'brightness'.

Yaruk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6281:123,91910,257
Belarus901:105,56715,905
Russia371:3,895,218191,585
Ukraine211:2,167,747147,417
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
India51:153,413,076951,030
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Yaruk (277) may also be a first name.

Yaruk Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Yaruk surname is thought to be derived from the Golden Light Sutra's Old Uygur title, Altun Yaruq. This surname means 'light', 'gleam', 'luminosity', 'brightness'.

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Yaruk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yaruk (Hindi: यारुक, Russian: Ярук) is found most frequently in Turkey. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Yaruk.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaruk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 431,117th most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,120,833 people. The last name Yaruk occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Yaruk live; 78 percent live in West Asia and 78 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Yaruk is also the 533,704th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 277 people.

Yaruk is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 628 people, or 1 in 123,919. In Turkey Yaruk is most prevalent in: Diyarbakir Province, where 37 percent live, Sanliurfa Province, where 27 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 7 percent live. Outside of Turkey it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 11 percent live and Russia, where 5 percent live.

Yaruk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (92%) in Belarus.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yarukh9157/
Yaruke916/
Yaruck912/
Yatruk911/
Yarouk911/
Aiyaruk831/
Yarzouk831/
Yarik80846/
Yoruk80275/
Yarok80187/
Jaruk8068/
Yarux8054/
Yaruc8011/
Iaruk801/
Yarug801/
Yarukova77264/
Yarikh73209/
Yarokh73183/
Yarick73152/
Yağrik7361/
Jairuk7340/
Jaruke7332/
Yahrok7323/
Jaruek7322/
Hyarik734/
Yooruk732/
Jarruk731/
Jarauk731/
Jarusk731/
Yarugh731/
Jarouk731/
Jarukh731/
Yarzuq731/
Jareuk731/
Yarrick6758/
Jharukh674/
Jairuck672/
Yarough672/
Aiyarik671/
Yoroukh671/
Jaharuk671/
Yaraugh670/

Yaruk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yaruk in the Hindi language
यारुकyaruka66.67
यारूकyaruka33.33
Yaruk in the Russian language
Ярукaruk-

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