Onuku Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4371:405,36121,214
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
India71:109,580,769786,157
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Onuku (81) may also be a first name.

Onuku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onuku (Russian: Онуку) is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Onuku.

How Common Is The Last Name Onuku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 654,010th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. The last name Onuku is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Onuku reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 81 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 437 people, or 1 in 405,361. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 35 percent reside, Benue, where 12 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 12 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 2 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onguku919/
Onuuku919/
Onueku911/
Onukou911/
Onusku911/
Onoukou8342/
Anuku801,391/
Onoku80261/
Enuku80155/
Oniku80100/
Onucu8039/
Unuku802/
Honoukou777/
Ounoukou771/
Anguku73328/
Anouku737/
Annuku733/
Unguku733/
Hanuku732/
Anueku732/
Hunuku731/
Enueku731/
Ennuku731/
Enouku731/
Gunuku731/
Ganuku731/
Ounoukkou7112/
Hounoukou711/
Anukhut6763/
Anoukou6717/
Angukku673/
Ganguku671/
Hanusku671/
Hunukui671/
Houmnoukou671/
Annguku671/

Onuku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Onuku in the Russian language
Онукуonuku-

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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 Onuku
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