Kuluku Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kuluku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuluku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria831:2,134,25073,634
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Liberia131:339,11818,650
Laos11:6,588,3231,961

Kuluku (22) may also be a first name.

Kuluku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kuluku Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kuluku is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuluku? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kuluku is the 1,674,734th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kuluku are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 22 people.

The last name Kuluku is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria Kuluku is most common in: Benue, where 59 percent are found, Taraba, where 29 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Kuluku occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and Liberia, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kauluku9219/
Kulluku925/
Kguluku921/
Kullukcu867/
Kaulukou861/
Kiluku83295/
Koluku83125/
Kuloku8311/
Kuliku833/
Culuku831/
Kulucu831/
Kouloukou8061/
Kolukcu775/
Kouloukkou751/
Kollukcu71140/
Cullukcu718/
Koleukeu711/
Kulikou628/
Koulokou571/
Culouscou532/
Coulouscou5020/
Culicu501/

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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 Kuluku
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