Pilaku Surname
Approximately 494 people bear this surname
Pilaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 468 | 1:378,510 | 20,133 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
Pilaku (365) may also be a first name.
Pilaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pilaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pilaku (Hindi: पिलकू, Marathi: िपलकु, Oriya: ପିଲକୁ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pilaku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 621,618th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,752,117 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Pilaku live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pilaku is also the 455,540th most common given name globally, held by 365 people.
Pilaku is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 468 people, or 1 in 378,510. In Nigeria Pilaku is most common in: Benue, where 94 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live and Nasarawa, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pilaku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pilaku in the Hindi language | ||
| पिलकू | pilaku | - |
| Pilaku in the Oriya language | ||
| ପିଲକୁ | pilaku | 90 |
| ପୀଲକୁ | pilaku | 5 |
| ପିଲାକୁ | pilaku | 2.5 |
| ପିଲକୁତାି | pilakutai | 2.5 |
| Pilaku in the Marathi language | ||
| िपलकु | ipalaku | 62.5 |
| िपलकू | ipalaku | 28.13 |
| िपळकु | ipalaku | 3.13 |
| पीलकू | pilaku | 3.13 |
| पीलकु | pilaku | 3.13 |
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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 Pilaku
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