Chuku Surname
Approximately 128,713 people bear this surname
Chuku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 127,894 | 1:1,385 | 177 |
| India | 171 | 1:4,485,762 | 116,822 |
| Japan | 157 | 1:814,295 | 18,255 |
| Tanzania | 127 | 1:416,863 | 29,360 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| England | 67 | 1:831,613 | 44,286 |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 1:385,956 | 35,257 |
| Lesotho | 30 | 1:67,752 | 9,213 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Chuku (2,909) may also be a first name.
Chuku Demographics
Chuku Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Chuku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chuku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chuku (Bengali: চুকু, Hindi: चुकू, Marathi: चुकु, Oriya: ଚୁକୁ, Tibetan: ཆུ་ཀུ་) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chuku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chuku is the 4,373rd most numerous surname internationally, held by around 1 in 56,619 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chuku are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chuku is also the 134,657th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 2,909 people.
The last name Chuku is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 127,894 people, or 1 in 1,385. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 93 percent live, Adamawa, where 3 percent live and Katsina, where 1 percent live. Besides Nigeria Chuku is found in 29 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent live and Japan, where 0 percent live.
Chuku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Chuku last name are 0.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.94% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chuku earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 28.35% less than the national average, earning R 170,268 per year and in United States they earn 4.16% less than the national average, earning $41,354 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chuku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chuku in the Bengali language | ||
| চুকু | cuku | - |
| Chuku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚୁକୁ | cuku | 91.49 |
| ଚୂକୁ | cuku | 6.38 |
| ଚୂକୂ | cuku | 2.13 |
| Chuku in the Marathi language | ||
| चुकु | cuku | 53.07 |
| चुकू | cuku | 27.44 |
| चूकू | cuku | 18.41 |
| चूकु | cuku | 1.08 |
| Chuku in the Hindi language | ||
| चुकू | cuku | 46.67 |
| चूकू | cuku | 26.67 |
| चुकु | cuku | 20 |
| छूकु | chuku | 6.67 |
| Chuku in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆུ་ཀུ་ | chuku | 40 |
| ཆུ་སྐུ་ | chuku | 20 |
| ཅུ་ཀུ་ | chuku | 20 |
| ཆོས་སྐུ་ | chöku | 20 |
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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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- 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 Chuku
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