Oluko Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
Oluko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 328 | 1:140,792 | 11,399 |
| Nigeria | 97 | 1:1,826,214 | 65,886 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Olúko (1) & Olùkó (1) are calculated separately.
Oluko (20) may also be a first name.
Oluko Demographics
Oluko Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oluko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oluko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oluko is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Olúko or Olùkó. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oluko? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 643,972nd most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oluko reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 53 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Oluko is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 140,792. In Kenya Oluko is most frequent in: Vihiga County, where 58 percent live, Kakamega County, where 34 percent live and Baringo County, where 3 percent live. Apart from Kenya Oluko occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Uganda, where 9 percent live.
Oluko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Oluko surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Oluko
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