Kaku Surname
Approximately 49,916 people bear this surname
Kaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 34,902 | 1:3,663 | 613 |
| Nigeria | 4,132 | 1:42,871 | 3,368 |
| India | 3,243 | 1:236,530 | 13,822 |
| Ghana | 2,286 | 1:11,820 | 1,565 |
| Afghanistan | 949 | 1:33,881 | 1,373 |
| Papua New Guinea | 755 | 1:10,800 | 955 |
| Indonesia | 691 | 1:191,388 | 18,277 |
| DR Congo | 643 | 1:114,898 | 12,589 |
| United States | 548 | 1:661,421 | 52,894 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Tanzania | 337 | 1:157,097 | 14,110 |
| Uganda | 222 | 1:175,853 | 14,786 |
| Brazil | 177 | 1:1,209,460 | 41,744 |
| Solomon Islands | 83 | 1:6,988 | 1,066 |
| United Arab Emirates | 75 | 1:122,164 | 10,258 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Kenya | 59 | 1:782,710 | 31,540 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| China | 24 | 1:56,971,732 | 3,099 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kaku (30,099) may also be a first name.
Kaku Demographics
Average Male Kaku Height
172.72 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaku (Bengali: কাকু, Georgian: კაკუ, Hindi: ककू, Marathi: काकु, Oriya: କାକୁ, Russian: Каку) is found most in Japan. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaku? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 11,257th most prevalent family name globally, held by around 1 in 145,996 people. The last name Kaku occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Kaku live; 70 percent live in East Asia and 70 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 27,815th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 30,099 people.
This surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is borne by 34,902 people, or 1 in 3,663. In Japan Kaku is mostly found in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 23 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Japan this surname occurs in 74 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Kaku Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kaku has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 54,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kaku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kaku surname is principally Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Kaku last name are 24.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 77.88% registered with the party.
Kaku earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.17% more than the national average, earning $49,696 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaku in the Georgian language | ||
| კაკუ | kaku | - |
| Kaku in the Bengali language | ||
| কাকু | kaku | - |
| Kaku in the Oriya language | ||
| କାକୁ | kaku | 79.17 |
| କକୁ | kaku | 20.83 |
| Kaku in the Marathi language | ||
| काकु | kaku | 67.54 |
| काकू | kaku | 28.7 |
| ककु | kaku | 2.51 |
| ककू | kaku | 1.13 |
| Kaku in the Hindi language | ||
| ककू | kaku | 45.86 |
| ककु | kaku | 32.93 |
| काकू | kaku | 17.54 |
| काकु | kaku | 3.3 |
| कंकु | kanku | 0.12 |
| ंककू | nkaku | 0.04 |
| कक्ू | kaku | 0.04 |
| कंकू | kanku | 0.04 |
| कक्कू | kakku | 0.04 |
| Kaku in the Russian language | ||
| Каку | kaku | - |
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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 Kaku
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