Kako Surname
Approximately 20,920 people bear this surname
Kako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 9,633 | 1:13,271 | 1,685 |
| Pakistan | 2,211 | 1:80,798 | 2,787 |
| Uganda | 1,892 | 1:20,634 | 3,034 |
| DR Congo | 1,218 | 1:60,656 | 7,230 |
| Ivory Coast | 679 | 1:33,978 | 2,264 |
| Iran | 617 | 1:124,445 | 11,503 |
| Papua New Guinea | 609 | 1:13,389 | 1,242 |
| Afghanistan | 481 | 1:66,847 | 2,077 |
| Cameroon | 474 | 1:43,817 | 5,788 |
| Nigeria | 419 | 1:422,775 | 21,904 |
| Djibouti | 350 | 1:2,614 | 242 |
| Indonesia | 281 | 1:470,638 | 38,844 |
| United States | 257 | 1:1,410,346 | 97,237 |
| Tanzania | 223 | 1:237,406 | 19,419 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Niger | 179 | 1:107,218 | 4,331 |
| Philippines | 123 | 1:823,075 | 77,828 |
| Brazil | 118 | 1:1,814,189 | 58,634 |
| Benin | 114 | 1:90,663 | 10,508 |
| Thailand | 91 | 1:776,246 | 126,162 |
| Albania | 88 | 1:33,114 | 5,012 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| Solomon Islands | 60 | 1:9,667 | 1,663 |
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| Sweden | 53 | 1:185,788 | 12,836 |
| Canada | 52 | 1:708,569 | 56,910 |
| Kenya | 49 | 1:942,447 | 33,788 |
| Slovakia | 48 | 1:111,176 | 20,971 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kakó (104) are calculated separately.
Kako (13,594) may also be a first name.
Kako Demographics
Kako Political Affiliation
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Kako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kako (Arabic: كاكو, Georgian: კაკო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻛﻮ, Hindi: काको, Marathi: काको, Russian: Како, Tibetan: ཀ་ཀོ།) is carried by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kakó. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kako? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 25,746th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 348,353 people. Kako occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Kako live; 46 percent live in East Asia and 46 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 49,722nd most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 13,594 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 9,633 people, or 1 in 13,271. In Japan Kako is primarily found in: Aichi Prefecture, where 43 percent reside, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 16 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Japan Kako occurs in 84 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 11 percent reside and Uganda, where 9 percent reside.
Kako Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kako has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kako surname grew 25,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kako Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kako surname are 6.24% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.01% registered with the political party.
The amount Kako earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.94% less than the national average, earning R 14,400 per year; in United States they earn 2.59% more than the national average, earning $44,266 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.87% more than the national average, earning $64,522 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kako Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kako in the Georgian language | ||
| კაკო | kako | - |
| Kako in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻛﻮ | kakw | - |
| Kako in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་ཀོ། | kako | - |
| Kako in the Marathi language | ||
| काको | kako | - |
| Kako in the Hindi language | ||
| काको | kako | 80.52 |
| कको | kako | 19.48 |
| Kako in the Russian language | ||
| Како | kako | - |
| Kako in the Arabic language | ||
| كاكو | kakw | - |
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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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- 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 Kako
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