Paluko Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Paluko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Paluko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paluko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Paluko is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Paluko click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paluko? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Paluko live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Paluko is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 87 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 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
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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 Paluko
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