Suku Surname

81,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,950 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Suku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1791:150,2489,540
Indonesia9121:145,01014,295
India7601:1,009,29742,514
Papua New Guinea5841:13,9621,328
Liberia5341:8,256951
Tanzania4961:106,73710,381
DR Congo3081:239,86923,092
Albania1891:15,4182,749
South Africa1731:313,16629,785
Kenya1491:309,93219,396
Uganda1071:364,85323,632
Pakistan1061:1,685,32017,438
Thailand711:994,906151,495
Zimbabwe641:241,22226,284
United States561:6,472,481306,764
United Arab Emirates481:190,88113,202
Malaysia411:719,37133,828
Solomon Islands341:17,0603,300
England261:2,143,00282,017
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
France11:66,422,722504,397
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Suku (41,472) may also be a first name.

Suku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Suku (Bengali: সুকু, Hindi: सुकु, Marathi: सुकु, Oriya: ଶୁକୁ, Russian: Суку, Tibetan: སུ་ཀུ་) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Suku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Suku? popularity and diffusion

Suku is the 81,609th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,224,798 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Suku live; 29 percent live in West Africa and 20 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 21,588th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 41,472 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,179 people, or 1 in 150,248. In Nigeria Suku is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 55 percent reside, Kaduna, where 15 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 47 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.

Suku Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (60%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Suku surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 70% registered with the political party.

The amount Suku earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.93% less than the national average, earning R 88,092 per year; in United States they earn 22.32% less than the national average, earning $33,516 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.37% less than the national average, earning $49,499 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shuku892,769/
Sukhu892,595/
Sukku89461/
Sueku89117/
Sukau89110/
Sauku8940/
Sucku8930/
Sukui8922/
Suuku8918/
Souku899/
Sukou893/
Suiku892/
Sukeu891/
Sukuh891/
Sukuu891/
Seuku891/
Ssuku891/
Siuku891/
Soukou802,985/
Suckau80634/
Sukkau80202/
Sukkhu80170/
Shukui80154/
Seukou80107/
Sukhau8084/
Shukau8069/
Suikhu8059/
Seukeu8040/
Szukup8026/
Soukui8022/
Sahuku8015/
Shauku8011/
Shouku804/
Siukhu804/
Sugkau804/
Shukhu803/
Soukut803/
Sukaup803/
Shukku802/
Suckup802/
Soukud802/
Saukup802/
Shukou802/
Sukkut802/
Sukupp802/
Shuuku802/
Saukui802/
Sukkeu802/
Sukkui802/
Siukau801/
Sukhui801/
Suukuu801/
Suckhu801/
Soukuy801/
Suckou801/
Shuiku801/
Soukeu801/
Soukuh801/
Sukkuu801/
Shukup801/
Saukhu801/
Suukup801/
Soukku801/
Sudkud801/
Sukouy801/
Sukhuy801/
Sukkuh801/
Sukkup801/
Sukkuy801/
Sukuha801/
Sucu7514,522/
Soku752,478/
Juku751,524/
Zuku75783/
Cuku75656/
Çuku75590/
Soukkou73818/
Sukkhui7392/
Shushku7387/
Suttkus7375/
Sutkutė7349/
Shutkus7337/
Shoukou7331/
Sautkus7312/
Soukhou7311/
Shuskus7311/
Shukkau7310/
Sougkou735/
Soukeut732/
Soukaut732/
Sushkou731/
Shukkhu731/
Sukhous731/
Suykeus731/
Soukkeu731/
Soukoup731/
Soukous731/
Soukout731/
Soukupp731/
Shuikou731/
Sukhouy731/
Sucup673,622/
Shiku673,488/
Shoku671,751/
Succu67941/
Sucuğ67224/
Sucuy67208/
Djuku67164/
Zukau67141/
Suceu67137/
Sutcu67103/
Sukoo6790/
Sooku6789/
Jukuy6789/
Cukku6768/
Sucau6755/
Zhuku6750/
Sokku6743/
Suğcu6742/
Súkup6741/
Sudcu6740/
Shucu6739/
Ziuku6735/
Zukou6731/
Sucut6718/
Jukui6717/
Jouku6714/
Sokui6711/
Jukku6710/
Jusku678/
Jauku677/
Tjuku676/
Zuuku676/
Zauku675/
Jukup675/
Jhuku674/
Suicu674/
Sůkup674/
Shoukouh672/
Zukui672/
Jukuh672/
Jukau672/
Jukuj671/
Shushkus671/
Zukuu671/
Cuhku671/
Sukão671/
Sugcu671/
Sükut671/
Jukhu671/
Soukouyi671/
Sudků671/
Cuuku671/
Sikuh671/
Socku671/
Xhuku671/
Zukku671/
Sukoe671/
Zukhu671/
Zuiku671/
Xukou671/
Sucus670/

Suku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Suku in the Bengali language
সুকুsuku92.75
সুকুলক্ষ্মীsukulaksmi2.11
শুকুsuku0.6
সুকূsuku0.3
Suku in the Tibetan language
སུ་ཀུ་suku85.71
སུག་ཀུ་sukku5.71
སུ་ཀུsuku2.86
སུ་ཀི་suki2.86
སུཀུ་suku2.86
Suku in the Marathi language
सुकुsuku55.17
सुकूsuku34.74
सूकूsuku8.68
सूकुsuku0.64
सुकsuka0.38
सूकsuka0.13
असुकुasuku0.13
सुकूंsukum0.13
Suku in the Oriya language
ଶୁକୁsuku50.95
ସୁକୁsuku46.82
ଶୁକୂsuku0.33
ସୁକୂsuku0.33
ସୁକsuka0.17
ସୂକୁsuku0.17
ସୁଖୁsukhu0.17
ଶୁକୃsukr0.17
ମୁକୁmuku0.08
ସୁକାsuka0.08
ଶୂକୂsuku0.08
ଶୁକାsuka0.08
ସୁକୃsukr0.08
ଶୁକsuka0.08
Suku in the Hindi language
सुकुsuku43.85
सुकूsuku33.08
सूकूsuku9.23
सुकुआsuku'a7.69
सूकुsuku2.31
शुकुsuku0.77
Suku in the Russian language
Сукуsuku-

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