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

Luku (Hindi: लुकु, Marathi: लुकु, Oriya: ଲୁକୁ, Russian: Луку, Tibetan: ལུ་ཀུ།) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Lükü. Click here to see other possible spellings of Luku.

How Common Is The Last Name Luku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Luku is the 113,188th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,782,668 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 held first name internationally, held by 3,678 people.

The last name Luku is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,234 people, or 1 in 107,171. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Papua, where 66 percent are found, East Nusa Tenggara, where 17 percent are found and South Sulawesi, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia it is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.

Luku Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally 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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