Koku Surname
Approximately 8,221 people bear this surname
Koku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2,979 | 1:9,070 | 1,231 |
| Togo | 2,100 | 1:3,451 | 531 |
| Nigeria | 1,212 | 1:146,157 | 9,304 |
| Turkey | 1,000 | 1:77,821 | 7,147 |
| India | 227 | 1:3,379,143 | 97,272 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 107 | 1:76,203 | 9,993 |
| Japan | 83 | 1:1,540,293 | 24,672 |
| Indonesia | 73 | 1:1,811,633 | 116,472 |
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 | 1:30,528 | 6,049 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Ukraine | 15 | 1:3,034,846 | 176,305 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Kökü (1) are calculated separately.
Koku (18,306) may also be a first name.
Koku Demographics
Koku Political Affiliation
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Koku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koku (Hindi: कोकू, Marathi: कोकु, Russian: Коку) occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Kökü. For other possible spellings of Koku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koku? popularity and diffusion
Koku is the 61,169th most frequent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 886,455 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Koku are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 40,330th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 18,306 people.
This surname is most numerous in Ghana, where it is held by 2,979 people, or 1 in 9,070. Other than Ghana this last name occurs in 51 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.
Koku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Koku surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
Koku earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.02% more than the national average, earning $43,588 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koku in the Hindi language | ||
| कोकू | koku | 73.73 |
| कोकु | koku | 25.99 |
| कंकु | kanku | 0.09 |
| कंकू | kanku | 0.05 |
| कोंकू | konku | 0.05 |
| काेकू | kaeku | 0.05 |
| कांकू | kanku | 0.05 |
| Koku in the Marathi language | ||
| कोकु | koku | 69.35 |
| कोकू | koku | 29.65 |
| Koku in the Russian language | ||
| Коку | koku | - |
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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 Koku
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