Hoku Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Hoku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Hoku (276) may also be a first name.
Hoku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hoku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hoku (Hindi: होकु, Marathi: होकु, Oriya: େହାକୁ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hoku.
How Common Is The Last Name Hoku? popularity and diffusion
Hoku is the 1,943,350th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Hoku is primarily found in Africa, where 43 percent of Hoku are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hoku is also the 534,713th most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 276 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria Hoku is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 86 percent reside, Lagos, where 5 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Hoku is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 26 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hoku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hoku in the Hindi language | ||
| होकु | hoku | - |
| Hoku in the Oriya language | ||
| େହାକୁ | ehaku | - |
| Hoku in the Marathi language | ||
| होकु | hoku | - |
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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 Hoku
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