Duku Surname

17,401st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,852 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Sudan

Duku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Duku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sudan17,0801:2,196312
Ghana8,8671:3,047471
Uganda1,7891:21,8223,195
Nigeria1,5781:112,2587,481
South Africa9371:57,8207,330
India3641:2,107,32271,130
Zimbabwe2381:64,8679,758
Papua New Guinea2351:34,6974,087
DR Congo1371:539,26742,095
Indonesia1351:979,62472,032
United States831:4,366,975231,516
England551:1,013,05650,089
Canada441:837,40065,151
Solomon Islands401:14,5012,727
Australia291:930,88655,860
Transnistria231:20,6393,640
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Liberia201:220,42714,169
Mongolia191:148,6998,761
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
South Sudan161:713,442947
Albania141:208,14713,618
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

The alternate forms: Dükü (1) are calculated separately.

Duku (6,296) may also be a first name.

Duku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Duku (Hindi: दुकु, Marathi: डुकु, Oriya: ଦୁକୁ, Russian: Дуку, Tibetan: དུ་ཀུ་) is more frequently found in Sudan than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Dükü. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Duku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Duku is the 17,401st most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 228,794 people. The last name Duku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Duku are found; 54 percent are found in North Africa and 54 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Duku is also the 83,086th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 6,296 people.

Duku is most frequently held in Sudan, where it is borne by 17,080 people, or 1 in 2,196. Without taking into account Sudan Duku is found in 54 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 28 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.

Duku Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Duku are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Duku earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.74% less than the national average, earning R 93,288 per year; in United States they earn 18.04% more than the national average, earning $50,935 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.73% less than the national average, earning $34,416 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dukhu891,301/
Duyku89639/
Dukku89313/
Dhuku89156/
Dukuh8986/
Dukau8922/
Duuku8917/
Dukuy8910/
Dukuz899/
Dauku896/
Dduku895/
Tduku894/
Dukou894/
Dukuu892/
Dukeu891/
Dukui891/
Dükü831/
Doukou80492/
Doukeu8093/
Dutkus8065/
Dukkuz8060/
Daukus8055/
Deukou8030/
Duhkhu8024/
Dukush8020/
Deukeu8017/
Dukkhu8012/
Dhukku805/
Daukud804/
Dhukau804/
Dukhau802/
Dhukhu801/
Duskku801/
Dukhhu801/
Doukus801/
Daukou801/
Dduuku801/
Dukous801/
Duhsku801/
Duckus800/
Doku7525,308/
Diku752,381/
Ducu751,068/
Doukhou73137/
Daukaus7338/
Doukkou7310/
Dautkus735/
Dutkutė734/
Douckou734/
Dhukkau733/
Daukhud731/
Dokku677,578/
Ducut673,748/
Duicu671,180/
Ducau67393/
Dokui67114/
Ducou6788/
Dikku6783/
Duscu6762/
Dukoe6757/
Dhiku6733/
Dhoku6731/
Dooku6730/
Duşcu6730/
Ducus6716/
Dicku6716/
Duzcu6713/
Dikui6712/
Ducup674/
Dikuh674/
Duqeu674/
Ducuy673/
Dukoo672/
Duccu672/
Dieku672/
Dutkeucz671/
Duckhout671/
Dokuu671/
Dicuu671/
Duceu671/
Dutcu671/
Daukoush671/
Ddiku671/
Dušků671/
Dikuy671/
Dukoň671/

Duku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Duku in the Hindi language
दुकुduku-
Duku in the Oriya language
ଦୁକୁduku87.18
ଡୁକୁduku11.54
ଦୂକୁduku1.28
Duku in the Tibetan language
དུ་ཀུ་duku43.75
གྲུ་ཀུ་druku18.75
དྲུག་ཀུ་drukku12.5
གྲུ་སྐུ།druku6.25
དྲུ་ཀུ་druku6.25
དྲི་ཀུ་driku6.25
དི་ཀུ་diku6.25
Duku in the Marathi language
डुकुduku39.29
डुकूduku25
दूकूduku14.29
दुकूduku10.71
दुकुduku7.14
दूकुduku3.57
Duku in the Russian language
Дукуduku-

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