Find out how popular the last name Eteaki is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Eteaki.

Eteaki, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Eteaki surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Eteaki in America

Eteaki is the 153769th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Eteaki surname appeared 106 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Eteaki.

We can also compare 2010 data for Eteaki to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Eteaki

The surname ETEAKI has its origins in the ancient region of Anatolia, which is located in modern-day Turkey. The name can be traced back to the 13th century, when it was first recorded in the city of Konya, the capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum.

The ETEAKI name is believed to be derived from the Turkish words "ete," meaning meat, and "aki," which means flow or stream. This suggests that the name may have originally referred to a person or family associated with the meat trade or perhaps living near a stream where livestock was raised.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the ETEAKI name can be found in the "Tawārīkh-i āl-i Saljūq," a 13th-century chronicle of the Seljuk dynasty. In this text, a person named Eteaki bin Ali is mentioned as a prominent merchant and landowner in the city of Konya during the reign of Sultan Izzeddin Keykavus I.

Throughout the centuries, the ETEAKI name has been associated with several notable individuals. In the 15th century, Eteaki Mehmed Bey was a renowned military commander who served under the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, playing a crucial role in the conquest of Constantinople in 1453.

During the 16th century, Eteaki Hasan was a respected scholar and poet who lived in the city of Bursa, known for his contributions to Ottoman literature. His work, "Divan-ı Eteaki," is still studied and appreciated by scholars today.

In the 18th century, Eteaki Ibrahim Efendi was a prominent architect and engineer who oversaw the construction of several notable buildings in Istanbul, including the Yeni Cami (New Mosque) and the Yeni Valide Sultan Mosque.

Another notable figure with the ETEAKI surname was Eteaki Sevki Pasha, a military officer and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire briefly in 1913, during the turbulent period leading up to the First World War.

The ETEAKI name has also been associated with various locations and place names in Turkey, such as the village of Eteaki in the province of Konya, which likely took its name from an early settler or landowner with the ETEAKI surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Eteaki

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Eteaki.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Eteaki was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Eteaki has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Eteaki was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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