Abuku Surname
Approximately 1,753 people bear this surname
Abuku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 868 | 1:204,082 | 12,187 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| DR Congo | 335 | 1:220,536 | 21,570 |
| Uganda | 116 | 1:336,546 | 22,436 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Abuku (70) may also be a first name.
Abuku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abuku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abuku occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Abuku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 230,742nd most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,157,185 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Abuku reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 70 people.
The surname Abuku is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 868 people, or 1 in 204,082. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 52 percent reside, Delta, where 23 percent reside and Taraba, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Abuku exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abukui | 91 | 109 | / |
| Habuku | 91 | 29 | / |
| Abueku | 91 | 9 | / |
| Aibuku | 91 | 9 | / |
| Abukau | 91 | 4 | / |
| Abukou | 91 | 3 | / |
| Gabuku | 91 | 2 | / |
| Aubuku | 91 | 2 | / |
| Abukus | 91 | 1 | / |
| Abucku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Abguku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Aibueku | 83 | 387 | / |
| Aboukou | 83 | 98 | / |
| Habukku | 83 | 4 | / |
| Aboukeu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Aibukeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abukaud | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abukhui | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abukaut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abhueku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aboukut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abukaus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obuku | 80 | 1,026 | / |
| Ebuku | 80 | 886 | / |
| Aboku | 80 | 686 | / |
| Abucu | 80 | 8 | / |
| Abukoush | 77 | 15 | / |
| Ahabukui | 77 | 4 | / |
| Haboukou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aboukouy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abouckou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obukui | 73 | 680 | / |
| Ebueku | 73 | 163 | / |
| Ebouku | 73 | 11 | / |
| Abieku | 73 | 4 | / |
| Obauku | 73 | 4 | / |
| Anpuku | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ampuku | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aiboku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Avauku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obukut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obukuu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obuuku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abucut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ebukui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obeuku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aboukoush | 71 | 226 | / |
| Aboukhoush | 67 | 28 | / |
| Avoukou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Abuqaud | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oebukuy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aboucou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eboukou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abuqout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oboukou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obuikui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abouqou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eibueku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebhueku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obukhou | 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
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- 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 Abuku
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