Kukau Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Kukau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kukau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kukau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kukau (Hindi: कुकाऊ, Marathi: कूकऊ, Russian: Кукау) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kukau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,427,875th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Kukau reside; 90 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 90 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 78 percent live, Chimbu, where 11 percent live and Morobe, where 6 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent live and Thailand, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kukau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kukau in the Hindi language | ||
| कुकाऊ | kuka'u | - |
| Kukau in the Marathi language | ||
| कूकऊ | kuka'u | - |
| Kukau in the Russian language | ||
| Кукау | kukau | - |
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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 Kukau
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