Puku Surname

598,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 520 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Puku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1781:415,05434,837
Papua New Guinea1511:53,9986,838
Solomon Islands591:9,8311,696
Indonesia491:2,698,963156,404
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
India61:127,844,230863,365
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
England11:55,718,059489,080
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

Puku (495) may also be a first name.

Puku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puku (Hindi: पुकु, Marathi: पुकू, Oriya: ପୁକୁ, Russian: Пуку, Tibetan: སྤུ་ཀུ།) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Puku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puku? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 598,302nd most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,014,511 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Puku live; 40 percent live in Oceania Islands and 34 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 381,460th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 495 people.

The surname Puku is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Barring The DR Congo it exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 11 percent are found.

Puku Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Puku are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Puku earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.92% less than the national average, earning R 61,968 per year and in United States they earn 165.55% more than the national average, earning $114,583 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phuku89204/
Pfuku89109/
Pauku89107/
Pukau8928/
Pukeu898/
Pugku897/
Peuku896/
Pukku893/
Pouku892/
Pukui892/
Pukuh891/
Pukuj891/
Paukku80751/
Pukhut80130/
Puskus8031/
Puckus8029/
Poukou8015/
Paukou807/
Phukut806/
Paukui805/
Poukau805/
Poukeu804/
Peukau803/
Peukhu803/
Pugkui802/
Puttku802/
Peukui802/
Phukui801/
Paukau801/
Poukhu801/
Putkus801/
Puskui801/
Peukeu801/
Puckuy801/
Puikui801/
Puskau801/
Putkou801/
Phukhu801/
Pukaud801/
Puckut800/
Pukuis800/
Poku7528,278/
Piku75908/
Pucu75560/
Puchkus736/
Puckutt733/
Bpoukou731/
Phoku674,401/
Pogku67257/
Pucut67238/
Phukkhui6797/
Puscu6785/
Phiku6756/
Pikku6744/
Puşcu6727/
Pucuj6725/
Pokku6720/
Pucuh6714/
Pikui6713/
Pucui6710/
Paukó679/
Pocku678/
Poeku676/
Pukoe676/
Pușcu675/
Puicu675/
Pokui674/
Pokuu672/
Pucuy672/
Pieku671/
Pucau671/
Phucu671/
Puccu671/
Poukouss671/
Pujcu671/

Puku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puku in the Oriya language
ପୁକୁpuku94.44
ପୂକୁpuku5.56
Puku in the Hindi language
पुकुpuku66.67
पुकूpuku33.33
Puku in the Tibetan language
སྤུ་ཀུ།puku60
པུ་ཀུ།puku20
པུ་ཀུ་puku20
Puku in the Marathi language
पुकूpuku50
पुकुpuku50
Puku in the Russian language
Пукуpuku-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Puku
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