Kuju Surname
Approximately 5,893 people bear this surname
Kuju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 4,991 | 1:25,615 | 2,667 |
| Nigeria | 376 | 1:471,124 | 23,774 |
| India | 205 | 1:3,741,782 | 103,944 |
| Indonesia | 127 | 1:1,041,332 | 75,890 |
| Tanzania | 104 | 1:509,054 | 33,766 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Kuju (638) may also be a first name.
Kuju Demographics
Kuju Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kuju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kuju (Hindi: कुजू, Marathi: कुजु, Oriya: କୁଜୁ) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuju? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 82,279th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,236,644 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Kuju live; 85 percent live in East Asia and 85 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 329,390th most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 638 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 4,991 people, or 1 in 25,615. In Japan Kuju is most prevalent in: Niigata Prefecture, where 25 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 18 percent reside and Saitama Prefecture, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Japan this last name is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Kuju Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kuju last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuju Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuju in the Marathi language | ||
| कुजु | kuju | 90.91 |
| कुंजु | kunju | 9.09 |
| Kuju in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁଜୁ | kuju | 90.32 |
| କୁଯୁ | kuyu | 6.45 |
| କୁଲୁ | kulu | 3.23 |
| Kuju in the Hindi language | ||
| कुजू | kuju | 66.67 |
| कुजु | kuju | 22.22 |
| कुजूॅ | kujue | 5.56 |
| कुजुआ | kuju'a | 5.56 |
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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 Kuju
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