Gcuku Surname

573,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gcuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gcuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5471:99,04512,016
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gcuku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gcuku occurs most in South Africa. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gcuku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 573,706th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. Gcuku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gcuku live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 547 people, or 1 in 99,045. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 32 percent reside, Western Cape, where 24 percent reside and North West, where 18 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Gcuku exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Gcuku Last Name Statistics demography

Gcuku earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.69% less than the national average, earning R 117,180 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cuku89656/
Cukku8068/
Ckuku804/
Gxuku803/
Gcoku801/
Cguku801/
Cuuku801/
Cuhku801/
Cauku801/
Ngxuku738/
Ceukou731/
Caukus730/
Kuku6788,853/
Cucu6720,577/
Coku67699/
Xuku6752/
Cheukou6714/
Cheukui672/
Cheukeu671/
Gkoukou671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gcuku
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