Loku Surname
Approximately 7,582 people bear this surname
Loku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 3,080 | 1:12,179 | 1,700 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,924 | 1:7,116 | 1,038 |
| Kosovo | 485 | 1:3,839 | 644 |
| Uganda | 346 | 1:112,830 | 10,952 |
| Indonesia | 268 | 1:493,467 | 40,458 |
| Albania | 123 | 1:23,692 | 3,947 |
| India | 113 | 1:6,788,189 | 152,128 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Solomon Islands | 27 | 1:21,483 | 4,219 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
The alternate forms: Lôku (1) are calculated separately.
Loku (4,033) may also be a first name.
Loku Demographics
Average Loku Salary in
United States
$50,050 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Loku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Loku (Bengali: লোকু, Hindi: लोकू, Marathi: लोकु, Oriya: େଲାକୁ, Russian: Локу) has its highest incidence in Sudan. It may also occur in the variant forms: Lôku. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Loku? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 65,816th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 961,164 people. The surname Loku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 46 percent of Loku are found; 41 percent are found in North Africa and 41 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Loku is also the 109,880th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 4,033 people.
Loku is most commonly held in Sudan, where it is carried by 3,080 people, or 1 in 12,179. Excluding Sudan Loku is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 39 percent are found and Kosovo, where 6 percent are found.
Loku Last Name Statistics demography
Loku earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.99% more than the national average, earning $50,050 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Loku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Loku in the Bengali language | ||
| লোকু | loku | - |
| Loku in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲାକୁ | elaku | - |
| Loku in the Hindi language | ||
| लोकू | loku | 87.84 |
| लोकु | loku | 12.16 |
| Loku in the Marathi language | ||
| लोकु | loku | 50.44 |
| लोकू | loku | 49.12 |
| लोक | loka | 0.44 |
| Loku in the Russian language | ||
| Локу | loku | - |
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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 Loku
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