Kooku Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Kooku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 68 | 1:1,880,063 | 27,024 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kooku (20) may also be a first name.
Kooku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kooku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kooku is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kooku.
How Common Is The Last Name Kooku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kooku is the 1,994,173rd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Kooku reside; 77 percent reside in East Asia and 77 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 20 people.
The last name is most common in Japan, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 1,880,063. In Japan Kooku is most common in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 56 percent reside, Kyoto Prefecture, where 35 percent reside and Yamaguchi Prefecture, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Japan Kooku occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 percent reside and Uganda, where 5 percent reside.
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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
- 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 Kooku
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