Nuku Surname

137,388th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Tonga

Nuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana6931:38,9914,481
South Africa4711:115,02713,763
Indonesia4281:308,99327,325
New Zealand4031:11,2371,962
Tanzania2051:258,25220,734
Tonga1751:613165
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Nigeria1481:1,196,91148,419
Fiji1261:7,0981,425
Australia1001:269,95724,430
Papua New Guinea661:123,54116,840
Zimbabwe611:253,08627,132
Albania401:72,8518,167
Solomon Islands331:17,5773,381
India311:24,744,045333,161
United States301:12,081,964463,456
American Samoa251:2,230469
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
England51:11,143,612252,590
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Nüku (21) are calculated separately.

Nuku (3,085) may also be a first name.

Nuku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nuku (Hindi: नूकू, Marathi: नुकु, Oriya: ନୁକୁ, Russian: Нуку, Tibetan: ནུ་ཀུ།) is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Nüku. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 137,388th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,234,073 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Nuku live; 26 percent live in West Africa and 26 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 129,881st most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 3,085 people.

Nuku is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 693 people, or 1 in 38,991. Other than Ghana this surname is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.

Nuku Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Nuku last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

The amount Nuku earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 3.19% less than the national average, earning R 230,052 per year and in United States they earn 2.26% more than the national average, earning $44,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nüku9221/
Nukui896,303/
Nguku894,170/
Nauku8967/
Nukhu8948/
Nhuku8919/
Nnuku8917/
Nueku899/
Nouku898/
Nukuh896/
Nukuu894/
Nukku894/
Nukau892/
Nukou891/
Nusku891/
Nuhku891/
Nukeu891/
Noukeu801,198/
Noukou80255/
Ngukuu80192/
Noukui80147/
Nahuku80132/
Nukhus8027/
Nnauku8013/
Naukku8012/
Neukeu8011/
Ngukuh808/
Ngukou805/
Ngukui803/
Nukuhe803/
Neukui802/
Ngauku802/
Nuukuu801/
Nukhuu801/
Nuthku801/
Ngukeu801/
Nukkui801/
Nukkud801/
Nuikud801/
N'Huku801/
Niku751,181/
Noku75870/
Nucu75436/
Ngoukou73204/
Nnoukou7315/
Noukoup731/
Noukhou731/
Noukkou731/
Nouckou731/
Nukkhou731/
Ngoukuh731/
Nukkhui731/
Neukous730/
Nucup671,676/
Nokku671,506/
Nikku671,000/
Nokui67155/
Nikuy6762/
Nikui6728/
Nicku6718/
Ngucu6710/
Nooku677/
Nuccu675/
Nucus674/
Naucu674/
Nudcu671/
Nigku671/
Nnoku671/
Nucud671/
Nukhoush671/
Ngneukou671/
Ngnoukeu671/
Ngnoukou671/
Nuchkheu671/
Nukoo671/
Nikuh671/

Nuku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nuku in the Oriya language
ନୁକୁnuku-
Nuku in the Marathi language
नुकुnuku-
Nuku in the Hindi language
नूकूnuku66.67
नुकुnuku33.33
Nuku in the Tibetan language
ནུ་ཀུ།nuku50
ནུ་ཀུ་nuku50
Nuku in the Russian language
Нукуnuku-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nuku
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