Luku Surname

113,188th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,088 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Albania

Luku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,2341:107,17110,963
Nigeria9981:177,49810,935
DR Congo6091:121,31313,192
Albania4961:5,8751,114
Tanzania1901:278,64021,876
Papua New Guinea1851:44,0745,397
Cameroon1491:139,39015,562
Malaysia531:556,49527,316
Uganda431:907,89040,955
Turkey271:2,882,27584,327
India271:28,409,829361,298
Kenya241:1,924,16236,129
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
England11:55,718,059489,080
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

The alternate forms: Lükü (2) are calculated separately.

Luku (3,678) may also be a first name.

Luku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Luku (Hindi: लुकु, Marathi: लुकु, Oriya: ଲୁକୁ, Russian: Луку, Tibetan: ལུ་ཀུ།) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Lükü. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Luku is the 113,188th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,782,668 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Luku reside; 24 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 24 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 116,347th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 3,678 people.

The surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,234 people, or 1 in 107,171. In Indonesia Luku is mostly concentrated in: Papua, where 66 percent reside, East Nusa Tenggara, where 17 percent reside and South Sulawesi, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside.

Luku Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Luku surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (70%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lukau897,132/
Lukuh89135/
Lukku89107/
Lauku8988/
Luuku8982/
Leuku8958/
Lukeu8950/
Liuku8938/
Louku8929/
Lukhu8927/
Lukui8926/
Lukuy8918/
Lukup8912/
Lukou8910/
Lukcu899/
Lukuu892/
Lucku892/
Lukuš892/
Lueku891/
Lyuku891/
Lükü832/
Loukou8032,626/
Luckau80517/
Leukeu80356/
Liukku80205/
Luikku80104/
Loukus8086/
Lukhau8076/
Llusku8042/
Luskus8031/
Laukau8026/
Leukus8024/
Lukahu8021/
Luckup8015/
Luchku8013/
Leukui8011/
Leukku809/
Luckku804/
Ludkui804/
Laukhu803/
Leukou803/
Loukut802/
Lukkhu801/
Lyukus801/
Luccku801/
Liukau801/
Loukeu801/
Loukui801/
Laukeu801/
Laukku801/
Leukup801/
Leukut801/
Laukuh801/
Liukou801/
Liukui801/
Loukup800/
Luckut800/
Loku757,582/
Liku754,462/
Lucu75501/
Liutkus731,064/
Luttkus73219/
Lougkou7376/
Hlushku7359/
Liaukus7352/
Luttkau7320/
Lyutkus7319/
Lyudkus7317/
Loukkou734/
Luukhuu732/
Luckutė732/
Luckhou731/
Luckkuu731/
Luitkus731/
Lukoush731/
Loukous731/
Loukouz731/
Lukujje731/
Lukus's731/
Leutkeu731/
Louskut731/
Luckeus730/
Lukoo672,225/
Lucus671,293/
Lucut671,047/
Lokku67877/
Laukó67606/
Lokui67413/
Loeku67220/
Lucau67207/
Luckhaus67145/
Lucuț67140/
Likui67125/
Lieku6792/
Liutkutė6745/
Likku6743/
Luccu6729/
Luceu6723/
Lucuy6721/
Lukoe6719/
Laucu6717/
Loucu6713/
Likuy6710/
Locku6710/
Leukó6710/
Looku677/
Lloku675/
Lliku674/
Lucui672/
Lucup672/
Lugcu672/
Lucux671/
Luckhust671/
Lokuj671/
Lokuy671/
Liuchkou671/
Lucuş671/
Hlucu671/
Laukusch671/
Lucuz670/
Luscu670/

Luku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Luku in the Oriya language
ଲୁକୁluku97.17
ଳୁକୁluku0.94
ଲୂକୁluku0.47
ସୁକୁsuku0.24
ଲୁକluka0.24
Luku in the Marathi language
लुकुluku66.67
लुकूluku25
लूकूluku8.33
Luku in the Tibetan language
ལུ་ཀུ།luku50
ལུ་སྐུ།luku23.53
ལུ་ཀུ་luku5.88
ལུགས་ཀུ།lukku5.88
ལུག་སྐུ།lukku2.94
ཀླུ་ཀུ།luku2.94
ལུག་ཀུ།lukku2.94
ཀླུ་ཀུ་luku2.94
སླུགས་སྐུ་lukku2.94
Luku in the Hindi language
लुकुluku33.33
लूकूluku33.33
लुक्ूluku16.67
लुकूluku16.67
Luku in the Russian language
Лукуluku-

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