Çarku Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Çarku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 356 | 1:8,186 | 1,555 |
| Kosovo | 5 | 1:372,374 | 9,323 |
The alternate forms: Carku (32) are calculated separately.
Çarku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Çarku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Çarku occurs more in Albania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Carku. For other possible spellings of Çarku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Çarku? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 783,439th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Çarku live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in Albano-Europe.
The surname Çarku is most frequently used in Albania, where it is borne by 356 people, or 1 in 8,186. In Albania it is mostly found in: Elbasan County, where 68 percent are found, Shkodër County, where 17 percent are found and Tirana County, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Albania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carku | 93 | 32 | / |
| Sarku | 80 | 74 | / |
| Çerku | 80 | 12 | / |
| Zarku | 80 | 6 | / |
| Šarku | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sharku | 73 | 525 | / |
| Zharku | 73 | 364 | / |
| Sarkuş | 73 | 152 | / |
| Charku | 73 | 69 | / |
| Šarkus | 73 | 45 | / |
| Sarkou | 73 | 32 | / |
| Saarku | 73 | 11 | / |
| Zarkau | 73 | 9 | / |
| Sarkhu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Sarkui | 73 | 5 | / |
| Searku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tsarku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sarkeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sarkau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sarkouh | 67 | 465 | / |
| Siarkou | 67 | 142 | / |
| Tsarkou | 67 | 64 | / |
| Zarkouh | 67 | 43 | / |
| Sarkhui | 67 | 26 | / |
| Sarkhou | 67 | 18 | / |
| Charkou | 67 | 15 | / |
| Šarkutė | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sharkuu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sharkuh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zharkou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sharkui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Szarkus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zaharku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saharku | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Çarku
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