Chaku Surname
Approximately 1,585 people bear this surname
Chaku Surname Definition:
Chaku is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: belonging to (Prefix).
Chaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 476 | 1:1,611,482 | 59,236 |
| Uganda | 338 | 1:115,501 | 11,142 |
| Nigeria | 174 | 1:1,018,062 | 42,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Zimbabwe | 114 | 1:135,423 | 17,730 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Solomon Islands | 49 | 1:11,837 | 2,134 |
| Ukraine | 38 | 1:1,197,966 | 104,401 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Chaku (1,590) may also be a first name.
Chaku Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Chaku is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: belonging to (Prefix).
Chaku Demographics
Chaku Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Chaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chaku (Hindi: चकू, Marathi: चाकू, Oriya: ଚାକୁ, Russian: Чаку, Tibetan: ལྕགས་སྐུ།) has its highest incidence in India. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 250,267th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,597,821 people. The last name Chaku occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Chaku reside; 30 percent reside in South Asia and 28 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Chaku is also the 193,895th most frequently held given name globally, held by 1,590 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 476 people, or 1 in 1,611,482. In India Chaku is most common in: West Bengal, where 46 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 13 percent are found and Delhi, where 8 percent are found. Not including India this surname is found in 29 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 21 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.
Chaku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Chaku last name is predominantly Muslim (72%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Chaku last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.
Chaku earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 53.76% more than the national average, earning $66,344 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାକୁ | caku | 72.34 |
| ଚକୁ | caku | 21.28 |
| ଛାକୁ | chaku | 4.26 |
| ଛକୁ | chaku | 2.13 |
| Chaku in the Hindi language | ||
| चकू | caku | 57.67 |
| चकु | caku | 26.72 |
| चाकू | caku | 11.9 |
| चाकु | caku | 3.17 |
| छकू | chaku | 0.53 |
| Chaku in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལྕགས་སྐུ། | chakku | 50 |
| ལྕགས་སྐུ་ | chakku | 25 |
| ལྕ་སྐུ། | chaku | 25 |
| Chaku in the Marathi language | ||
| चाकू | caku | 41.96 |
| चाकु | caku | 29.46 |
| चकू | caku | 14.29 |
| चकु | caku | 12.5 |
| छकु | chaku | 0.89 |
| छाको | chako | 0.89 |
| Chaku in the Russian language | ||
| Чаку | caku | - |
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Footnotes
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