Yukuru Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Yukuru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yukuru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda361:1,084,42445,587
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791

Yukuru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yukuru occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yukuru? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yukuru is the 3,100,440th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Yukuru occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Yukuru are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

Yukuru is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 1,084,424. In Uganda Yukuru is most frequent in: Arua District, where 78 percent reside and Maracha District, where 22 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oyukuru922/
Eyukuru921/
Jukuru83202/
Yucuru831/
Youkourou801/
Oyokuru77193/
Eyokuru7740/
Ayokuru7724/
Ojukuru7717/
Ujukuru775/
Jokuru6716/
Jukoru673/
Ajokuru6294/
Oyokoru6211/
Ayokoru624/
Ojokuru623/
Jukooru623/
Eyokoru621/
Jookuru621/
Jukuroo621/
Jokoru5029/
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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 Yukuru
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