Gaku Surname
Approximately 648 people bear this surname
Gaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 344 | 1:514,950 | 25,488 |
| Japan | 88 | 1:1,452,776 | 24,051 |
| Kenya | 60 | 1:769,665 | 31,365 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Gaku (96,606) may also be a first name.
Gaku Demographics
Average Gaku Salary in
South Africa
R 133,092
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaku (Hindi: गकू, Russian: Гаку) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaku? popularity and diffusion
Gaku is the 506,165th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,246,213 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Gaku reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gaku is also the 10,512th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 96,606 people.
The last name Gaku is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 344 people, or 1 in 514,950. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 55 percent live, Benue, where 24 percent live and Taraba, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.
Gaku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gaku earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.99% less than the national average, earning R 133,092 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaku in the Hindi language | ||
| गकू | gaku | 78.57 |
| गकु | gaku | 21.43 |
| Gaku in the Russian language | ||
| Гаку | gaku | - |
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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 Gaku
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