Denku Surname

137,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Denku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Denku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia3,2201:30,2943,612
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Denku (6,444) may also be a first name.

Denku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Denku Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Denku (Tibetan: སྒྲོན་ཀུ།) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Denku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 137,931st most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,245,085 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Denku live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Denku is also the 81,842nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 6,444 people.

Denku is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 3,220 people, or 1 in 30,294. Outside of Ethiopia it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Denku Last Name Statistics demography

Denku earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning $30,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dengku9160/
Denkeu911/
Dnku891/
Denkhou835/
Deungku832/
Daengku831/
Dengkui831/
Dienkeu831/
Denkhau831/
Dinku8034,763/
Dencu80123/
Denkó8010/
Denkhaus77396/
Denkhous771/
Dingku7390/
Dinkut7335/
Demkou736/
Dinkhu735/
Dinkuj732/
Dinkou732/
Dinkuz731/
Dhinku731/
Dencus730/
Dingkus6717/
Dingkut6714/
Dingkhu679/
Dingkau678/
D'Encau677/
Dionkou672/
Dingkui671/
Demkouh671/
Denncau671/
Dionkeuh6217/
Dencouch621/
Dincu60658/
Gynku60160/
Dinkó608/
Dngcu602/
Dîncu601/
Dincau55239/
Dăncau5528/
Dinkoo551/
Dincut551/
Dimkeu551/
Dymkou551/
Demcus551/
D'Incau50529/
Dincuss502/
Dingcui501/

Denku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Denku in the Tibetan language
སྒྲོན་ཀུ།drönku50
ལྡན་སྐུ།denku25
སྒྲོན་སྐུ།drönku25

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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
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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 Denku
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