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 more frequently found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kakó. Click here for other possible spellings of Kako.
How Common Is The Last Name Kako? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 25,746th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 348,353 people. Kako occurs mostly in Asia, where 65 percent of Kako are found; 46 percent are found in East Asia and 46 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 49,722nd most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 13,594 people.
The surname Kako is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 9,633 people, or 1 in 13,271. In Japan Kako is most common in: Aichi Prefecture, where 43 percent are found, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 16 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Japan Kako occurs in 84 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 11 percent are found and Uganda, where 9 percent are found.
Kako Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kako has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 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% being registered with the 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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