Alaku Surname
Approximately 2,720 people bear this surname
Alaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,176 | 1:81,408 | 5,765 |
| Uganda | 262 | 1:149,005 | 13,229 |
| India | 156 | 1:4,917,086 | 124,057 |
| Canada | 92 | 1:400,496 | 35,373 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Alaku (12,945) may also be a first name.
Alaku Demographics
Average Alaku Salary in
Canada
$44,287 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Alaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alaku (Hindi: अलकू, Marathi: आळकु, Oriya: ଆଲକୁ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaku? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 160,324th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,679,245 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Alaku reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 51,451st most prevalent forename internationally It is held by 12,945 people.
The last name Alaku is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,176 people, or 1 in 81,408. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 66 percent are found, Plateau, where 8 percent are found and Kaduna, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 10 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Alaku Last Name Statistics demography
Alaku earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 10.86% less than the national average, earning $44,287 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alaku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alaku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଲକୁ | alaku | - |
| Alaku in the Hindi language | ||
| अलकू | alaku | 50.43 |
| अलकु | alaku | 49.2 |
| आलकु | alaku | 0.25 |
| अल्कु | alku | 0.12 |
| Alaku in the Marathi language | ||
| आळकु | alaku | 46.07 |
| आळकू | alaku | 44.94 |
| अळकु | alaku | 3 |
| अलकु | alaku | 3 |
| एलकू | elaku | 0.75 |
| अलकू | alaku | 0.75 |
| अलकाु | alakau | 0.37 |
| आळाकू | alaku | 0.37 |
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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 Alaku
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