Paaku Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Paaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Paaku (12) may also be a first name.
Paaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paaku is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Paaku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paaku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 835,661st most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Paaku live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 12 people.
It is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Without taking into account Ghana it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Paaku
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