Erko

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Estonian: a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eero, Ergo, Erik, or Erki, equivalent to English Eric

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Erko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 371K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 928K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

15 people

Sources
16 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 371K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eero, Ergo, Erik, or Erki, equivalent to English Eric

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

How Erko is read(measured from records)

Erko is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Latvian27%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Erko in Latvian.

  • Estonian19%

    a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eero, Ergo, Erik, or Erki, equivalent to English Eric

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • German11%

    männl. Vom., Kurzform von Namen, die mit »Erk-« beginnen (

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • English5.4%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Erko in English.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Erko counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Erko is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland151 in 371K143—2
SE Sweden111 in 928K11—1
TR Türkiye———Erko16
IT Italy——1—1
CL Chile——1——

15 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Erko is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bulgarian given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian

    Also written Rko, Ерко, Рко, Rkö

  • Russian surname17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Ерко, Єрко, Ерько, Эрко, Yerko

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Estonia, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Érko

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Erko is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Turkish, synonym of erkek (“man, male”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, "(V), uno de los pocos nombres propios que se usan para designar bueyes y vacas" A . "Vaca de color entre marrón y gris. No suele faltar en los establos alguna vaca llamada Arrio, como tampoco alguna otra llamada Erko " BU Arano 214.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401960198020002020Erko Stackebrandt, b. 1944Erko Karing, b. 1970Erko Saviauk, b. 1977Erko Vallbaum, b. 1983Erko Aabrams, b. 1985Erko Niit, b. 1986Erko Laurimaa, b. 1987Erko Tõugjas, b. 2003

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalSveiki Erko,Hi Erko, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Erko
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—143#2,366
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—25#16,715
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—15—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—11#33,632
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)20241#11,027
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19631—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Erko mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eerik, Eero, Ergo, Erik, or Erki, equivalent to English Eric Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Erko a male or female name?
Erko is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Erko?
In the etymology graph, Eerik is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Erko have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 15 people named Erko, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Erko most common?
Erko is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 371 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Erko?
In Finland, the national register counted 15 people named Erko, about 1 in 371 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Erko”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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