Aku Surname
Approximately 20,894 people bear this surname
Aku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11,960 | 1:14,811 | 1,464 |
| Ghana | 3,394 | 1:7,961 | 1,074 |
| Cameroon | 1,225 | 1:16,954 | 2,328 |
| Papua New Guinea | 892 | 1:9,141 | 728 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Japan | 674 | 1:189,680 | 8,739 |
| Indonesia | 670 | 1:197,387 | 18,756 |
| India | 653 | 1:1,174,679 | 47,438 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Turkey | 106 | 1:734,164 | 36,999 |
| Pakistan | 89 | 1:2,007,235 | 19,294 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| South Africa | 43 | 1:1,259,947 | 70,377 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Solomon Islands | 21 | 1:27,620 | 5,477 |
| Nauru | 21 | 1:566 | 163 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Akú (3) are calculated separately.
Aku (20,428) may also be a first name.
Aku Demographics
Aku Political Affiliation
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Aku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aku (Bengali: অকু, Hindi: अकू, Marathi: आकु, Oriya: ଅକୁ, Tibetan: ཨ་ཀུ་) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant: Akú. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 25,769th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 348,787 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Aku live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 37,214th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 20,428 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11,960 people, or 1 in 14,811. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Imo, where 23 percent reside, Benue, where 14 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 54 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 16 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.
Aku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Aku surname is chiefly Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Aku are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Aku earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 39.65% less than the national average, earning R 143,424 per year and in United States they earn 19.24% less than the national average, earning $34,845 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aku in the Bengali language | ||
| অকু | aku | - |
| Aku in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་ཀུ་ | aku | 66.67 |
| ཨ་སྐུ་ | aku | 33.33 |
| Aku in the Marathi language | ||
| आकु | aku | 58.39 |
| आकू | aku | 19.71 |
| अकु | aku | 16.79 |
| अकू | aku | 5.11 |
| Aku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅକୁ | aku | 46.67 |
| ଆକୁ | aku | 46.67 |
| ଆକୁତାି | akutai | 6.67 |
| Aku in the Hindi language | ||
| अकू | aku | 37.04 |
| अकु | aku | 31.75 |
| आकू | aku | 20.63 |
| आकु | aku | 8.47 |
| ाकु | aku | 2.12 |
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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 Aku
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