Draku Surname

249,495th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Draku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Draku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,5531:25,1383,568
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Draku (22) may also be a first name.

Draku Last Name Facts

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

Draku (Oriya: ଡାକୁ, Russian: Драку, Tibetan: བྲག་ཀུ།) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Draku? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 249,495th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,580,481 people. Draku is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Draku live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 22 people.

The last name Draku is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,553 people, or 1 in 25,138. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Arua District, where 45 percent reside, Yumbe District, where 28 percent reside and Maracha District, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent reside and Sudan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drakou912,166/
Drakau911/
Draiku911/
Drauku911/
Drakhus8310/
Draskau834/
Dragkou831/
Dërhaku831/
Droku8086/
Dreku802/
Dracu801/
Drackuth770/
Dracup73663/
Drajkó73161/
Dracou7323/
Dratcu7310/
Drekou736/
Dracus732/
Drakoo731/
Drokus731/
Drokou731/
Dracut731/
Drascou671/
Drochku671/
Dreikauß6226/
Dreikaus622/
Dracault621/
Drougkou621/
Draycutt620/
Dreikauss5716/
Droukoush572/
Drockhaus571/
Drocus551/
Draqoo551/
Drracoe501/

Draku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Draku in the Tibetan language
བྲག་ཀུ།drakku-
Draku in the Oriya language
ଡାକୁdaku60
ଡକୁdaku40
Draku in the Russian language
Дракуdraku-

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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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  • 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 Draku
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