Nunku Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Nunku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nunku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
India51:153,413,076951,030
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Nunku (183) may also be a first name.

Nunku Last Name Facts

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

Nunku (Bengali: নুংকু, Hindi: नुन्कू, Marathi: नुंकू, Oriya: ନୁନକୁ, Russian: Нунку) is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nunku? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Nunku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Nunku reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 673,127th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 183 people.

The surname Nunku is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 83 percent are found, Kaduna, where 8 percent are found and Sokoto, where 8 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent are found and South Africa, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nunkeu9113/
Nungku917/
Nunkui911/
Ngunku911/
Nounkeu83458/
Naungku838/
Nounkui837/
Nguunku831/
Nounkou831/
Nounkuy831/
Nonku8013/
Numku807/
Ngounkeu773/
Ngounkuh771/
Nounkeuh771/
Nunkoo733,200/
Nonkou731,110/
Nuncui7332/
Nongku7313/
Numkou731/
Naunkoo678/
Ngungcu671/
Nunkhoo671/
Nongkui671/
Nuncoo552/

Nunku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nunku in the Bengali language
নুংকুnunku-
Nunku in the Hindi language
नुन्कूnunku-
Nunku in the Oriya language
ନୁନକୁnunaku-
Nunku in the Marathi language
नुंकूnunku-
Nunku in the Russian language
Нункуnunku-

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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 Nunku
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