Oloku Surname

1,017,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Oloku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oloku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1731:1,023,94743,086
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Oloku (28) may also be a first name.

Oloku Last Name Facts

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

Oloku is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oloku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oloku is the 1,017,412th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. Oloku is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Oloku reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oloku is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 1,023,947. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 34 percent are found, Abia, where 16 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oluoku9160/
Olooku9155/
Olioku9110/
Olokou918/
Olokhu911/
Olloku911/
Oloukou83952/
Ouluoku833/
Olookou832/
Oluku802,775/
Oleku80685/
Olaku80508/
Eloku80504/
Aloku80244/
Uloku8046/
Olocu801/
Olloukou7769/
Olukcu73523/
Oliaku73131/
Elioku7360/
Elyoku7344/
Olakeu7341/
Alioku7339/
Olukus7320/
Olyaku739/
Olukhu739/
Oliuku739/
Olauku736/
Alokou735/
Oluhku734/
Goluku733/
Ollaku733/
Olukau733/
Oluuku733/
Olukut732/
Alosku732/
Haloku731/
Eluoku731/
Elocku731/
Alloku731/
Oleuku731/
Holaku731/
Olakus731/
Olakou731/
Golaku731/
Olekuu731/
Aluoku731/
Ulokau731/
Oluiku731/
Oulaku731/
Olocou731/
Houloukou7115/
Aloukou67643/
Gollaku6758/
Allokou6723/
Oulakou677/
Holekou674/
Aloukus671/
Aloukui671/
Alokoud671/
Galokou671/
Elockou671/
Holakou671/
Holecou671/
Holakud671/
Holokoe671/

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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 Oloku
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