Kashuku Surname
Approximately 768 people bear this surname
Kashuku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 421 | 1:125,752 | 11,844 |
| Namibia | 237 | 1:10,166 | 1,948 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Kashuku (143) may also be a first name.
Kashuku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kashuku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kashuku is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kashuku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kashuku is the 444,536th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,488,992 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kashuku reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kashuku is also the 772,378th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 143 people.
The last name Kashuku is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 421 people, or 1 in 125,752. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent reside, Kagera Region, where 22 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 22 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 31 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kasuku | 92 | 6,737 | / |
| Kashiku | 86 | 919 | / |
| Kaisuku | 86 | 670 | / |
| Kasukcu | 86 | 61 | / |
| Kashoku | 86 | 34 | / |
| Kassuku | 86 | 8 | / |
| Kasuuku | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kasukou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Koshuku | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaushiku | 80 | 11 | / |
| Katchuku | 80 | 1 | / |
| Katsukou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kasoku | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kaçuku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kosuku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kesuku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kassoukou | 75 | 9 | / |
| Kaushikku | 75 | 1 | / |
| Koshoku | 71 | 105 | / |
| Koxhuku | 71 | 38 | / |
| Kazukcu | 71 | 17 | / |
| Kauçuku | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kasooku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khassiku | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kazoukou | 67 | 1 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kashuku
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis