Naku Surname

98,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,811 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Naku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Naku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,3361:29,2214,012
India8461:906,69739,280
Nigeria6931:255,61714,733
Papua New Guinea3851:21,1782,253
DR Congo3221:229,44022,327
South Africa2321:233,52524,103
Ukraine1871:243,43732,119
Cameroon1491:139,39015,562
Russia1251:1,152,98485,410
Indonesia1071:1,235,97486,893
Thailand811:872,078137,928
United States651:5,576,291276,051
Solomon Islands551:10,5461,849
Moldova451:79,14210,174
Albania381:76,6868,388
Malaysia361:819,28437,745
Transnistria241:19,7793,514
Romania221:912,63052,244
Mongolia191:148,6998,761
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
England41:13,929,515290,718
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
France21:33,211,361423,184
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Naku (9,292) may also be a first name.

Naku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Naku (Bengali: নাকু, Hindi: नाकु, Marathi: नकु, Oriya: ନାକୁ, Russian: Наку, Tibetan: གནག་སྐུ།) is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Naku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Naku is the 98,542nd most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,514,767 people. Naku occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Naku reside; 28 percent reside in East Africa and 26 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 64,368th most common first name world-wide It is held by 9,292 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 1,336 people, or 1 in 29,221. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Busia District, where 17 percent are found, Namayingo District, where 12 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name exists in 42 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.

Naku Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Naku surname is predominantly Orthodox (90%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Naku last name are 5.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.82% registered with the political party.

The amount Naku earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 16.85% less than the national average, earning R 197,604 per year and in United States they earn 17.37% more than the national average, earning $50,646 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nakku8913,220/
Naeku893,257/
Nakou892,979/
Nakui891,686/
Nakau89688/
Naiku89585/
Ngaku89511/
Nakhu89458/
Naaku89304/
Nayku89245/
Nakeu89181/
Nnaku8985/
Nauku8967/
Nakuu8957/
Nakuz8947/
Nhaku8937/
Nahku8912/
Nakuh898/
Nakuy893/
Nakuş892/
Nadku891/
Nakuj891/
Nagku891/
Naçku891/
Ngakou80843/
Naakuu80188/
Nahuku80132/
Nnakku8098/
Ngakui8068/
Nakhou8058/
Nahaku8048/
Nakoud8047/
Ngaiku8027/
Natkut8025/
Naikou8024/
Natkus8020/
Naikeu8017/
Nakouz8015/
Nnauku8013/
Naukku8012/
Nahkuh8012/
Naikau8011/
Nhakhu8011/
Nakkou809/
Naakau808/
Naikhu805/
Nakaud805/
Nadkud804/
Nagkus804/
Nackou803/
Nakhau802/
Ngauku802/
Nakouh802/
Naikui802/
Naakku802/
Naakou802/
Najkus801/
Hnakus801/
Naakuy801/
Nakahu801/
Nahkui801/
Nakout801/
Nakuit801/
Naskus801/
Ngaaku801/
N'Naku801/
N'Akou801/
Ngakuh801/
Nakuut801/
Nakkui801/
Nacu756,155/
Noku75870/
Neku75863/
Nakkhui73154/
Nasskau7355/
Nakauth7329/
Ngnakeu7316/
Nakkoud7314/
Nackoud7311/
Nahakud739/
Nakhuha736/
Nakhoud734/
Nakkout734/
Nackout734/
Nahakau732/
Ngaikou732/
Naikkuu731/
Nakauch731/
Nakouss731/
Naykult731/
Ngakouh731/
Ngackou731/
Ngahaku731/
Neatkut731/
Nokku671,506/
Nakoe67524/
Nascu67495/
Naicu67308/
Nakkouch67308/
Ngoku67209/
Nekui67207/
Nokui67155/
Ngacu67113/
Neacu67112/
Nacud6797/
Nekhu6795/
Nakuyowa6794/
Nakoo6769/
Nacus6756/
Nakhoush6721/
Nokou6718/
Neiku6715/
Nacuu6713/
Nekeu6712/
Nokeu6710/
Naccu678/
Nouku678/
Nojku678/
Nooku677/
Nacou676/
Nokhu676/
Nașcu676/
Nokuş676/
Nekku675/
Neeku674/
Naucu674/
Naşcu674/
Naqau674/
Necku674/
Nokcu673/
Nacui673/
Nacuh673/
Nneku672/
Nekau672/
N'Gnakou672/
Nacau671/
Nokuh671/
Naakuuee671/
Nnoku671/
Naceu671/
Nokau671/
Nakhoudh671/
Nacup671/
Nacut671/
Nacuy671/
Nakutowa671/
Nékou671/
Naqou671/
Nocau671/

Naku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Naku in the Oriya language
ନାକୁnaku91.3
ନକୁnaku7.36
ନାକୂnaku0.67
ନାକୁ୍naku0.33
Naku in the Marathi language
नकुnaku65.98
नकूnaku19.59
नाकुnaku9.79
नाकूnaku4.64
Naku in the Tibetan language
གནག་སྐུ།nakku52.82
གནག་ཀུ།nakku11.27
ནག་སྐུ།nakku10.56
ནག་ཀུ།nakku6.34
གནག་སྐུ་nakku4.93
ན་སྐུ།naku2.82
ནག་སྐུ་nakku2.11
ན་ཀུ་naku2.11
ནཱ་ཀུ།naku1.41
ནགས་སྐུ།nakku1.41
གསྣ་ཀུ།ganaku0.7
གནས་སྐུ་néku0.7
གནག་ཀུ་nakku0.7
ནཱ་ཀུ་naku0.7
གནག་ཀུnakku0.7
གནག་སྐུ་།nakku0.7
Naku in the Bengali language
নাকুnaku42.86
নকুnaku28.57
নাকুরুংnakurum14.29
নকূnaku14.29
Naku in the Hindi language
नाकुnaku38.34
नाकूnaku36.06
नकूnaku12.94
नकुnaku12.46
Naku in the Russian language
Накуnaku-

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