Chunku Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Chunku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chunku (3,025) may also be a first name.
Chunku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chunku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chunku (Hindi: चुनकू, Marathi: चुन्कू, Oriya: ଚୁନକୁ, Tibetan: ཆུང་ཀུ་) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chunku? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chunku is the 2,121,169th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname Chunku is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Chunku are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 131,449th most frequent forename globally It is held by 3,025 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria Chunku is primarily concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 79 percent live and Benue, where 21 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent live and Bhutan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chungku | 92 | 5 | / |
| Chunkui | 92 | 2 | / |
| Tchunku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Chunkau | 92 | 1 | / |
| Cunku | 91 | 74 | / |
| Hunku | 91 | 3 | / |
| Chunkhup | 86 | 12 | / |
| Chuenkou | 86 | 4 | / |
| Tchunkou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Chuinkou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tchunkeu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chounkeu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cheunkeu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chinku | 83 | 118 | / |
| Zhunku | 83 | 76 | / |
| Hungku | 83 | 9 | / |
| Chuncu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Chonku | 83 | 3 | / |
| Khunku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tchounkeu | 80 | 1,528 | / |
| Tchuinkeu | 80 | 25 | / |
| Tchuinkou | 80 | 13 | / |
| Tchounkui | 80 | 11 | / |
| Tchounkou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tcheunkeu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tcheunkou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hounkou | 77 | 289 | / |
| Chinkhu | 77 | 158 | / |
| Hounkuy | 77 | 26 | / |
| Cungkuh | 77 | 13 | / |
| Chunkoo | 77 | 9 | / |
| Khunkcu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Chienku | 77 | 2 | / |
| Khunkhu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chongku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tshunku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Heunkeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hunkaut | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tchoumnkeu | 75 | 18 | / |
| Tchoungkeu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tchounkout | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cuncu | 73 | 440 | / |
| Huncu | 73 | 35 | / |
| Hunkó | 73 | 33 | / |
| Honku | 73 | 19 | / |
| Conku | 73 | 13 | / |
| Zunku | 73 | 3 | / |
| Choumkeu | 71 | 24 | / |
| Chongkui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hounkouî | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chinkhui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khaungku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chumkhud | 71 | 1 | / |
| Honkou | 67 | 1,651 | / |
| Cungcu | 67 | 92 | / |
| Honkuy | 67 | 86 | / |
| Huncuy | 67 | 24 | / |
| Hongku | 67 | 22 | / |
| Tchoumkui | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tsunku | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zunkeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Junkuy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Conkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cuncui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cuncau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chouncheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchoumkou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zungku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Junkeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huncud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zunkau | 67 | 1 | / |
Chunku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chunku in the Hindi language | ||
| चुनकू | cunaku | 93.76 |
| चुनकु | cunaku | 4.35 |
| चुन्कू | cunku | 0.87 |
| चूनकू | cunaku | 0.58 |
| चूनकु | cunaku | 0.15 |
| चुंकु | cunku | 0.15 |
| चुन्कु | cunku | 0.15 |
| Chunku in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆུང་ཀུ་ | chungku | 75 |
| ཆུན་ཀུ་ | chünku | 8.33 |
| ཆུང་སྐུ། | chungku | 8.33 |
| ཆུང་ཀུ། | chungku | 8.33 |
| Chunku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚୁନକୁ | cunaku | 71.43 |
| ଚୁନ୍କୁ | cunku | 28.57 |
| Chunku in the Marathi language | ||
| चुन्कू | cunku | 33.33 |
| चुनकु | cunaku | 16.67 |
| झुन्कू | jhunku | 16.67 |
| चुन्कु | cunku | 16.67 |
| चुनकू | cunaku | 16.67 |
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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 Chunku
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