Taku Surname
Approximately 16,202 people bear this surname
Taku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,837 | 1:3,558 | 427 |
| India | 5,378 | 1:142,630 | 9,079 |
| Japan | 1,763 | 1:72,515 | 5,070 |
| Indonesia | 592 | 1:223,394 | 20,822 |
| Nigeria | 574 | 1:308,611 | 17,158 |
| Albania | 409 | 1:7,125 | 1,359 |
| South Africa | 342 | 1:158,414 | 17,833 |
| Papua New Guinea | 287 | 1:28,410 | 3,214 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| United States | 145 | 1:2,499,717 | 152,655 |
| Russia | 142 | 1:1,014,951 | 77,987 |
| Thailand | 73 | 1:967,649 | 148,690 |
| Ukraine | 65 | 1:700,349 | 73,397 |
| Moldova | 61 | 1:58,383 | 8,186 |
| Solomon Islands | 58 | 1:10,000 | 1,732 |
| Turkey | 51 | 1:1,525,910 | 59,107 |
| Israel | 26 | 1:329,140 | 27,831 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Ireland | 19 | 1:247,839 | 9,475 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Transnistria | 14 | 1:33,907 | 5,291 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Taku (41,512) may also be a first name.
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Taku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Taku (Hindi: तकू, Marathi: टाकू, Oriya: ଟାକୁ, Russian: Таку, Tibetan: ཏ་ཀུ་) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Taku? popularity and diffusion
It is the 32,803rd most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 449,793 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Taku are found; 36 percent are found in Central Africa and 36 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Taku is also the 21,570th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 41,512 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 5,837 people, or 1 in 3,558. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 55 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 23 percent reside and Centre Region, where 7 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Taku occurs in 61 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent reside and Japan, where 11 percent reside.
Taku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Muslim (82%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Taku surname are 19.85% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 73.08% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Taku earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.05% less than the national average, earning R 225,648 per year; in United States they earn 1.23% more than the national average, earning $43,680 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.82% less than the national average, earning $47,288 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taku in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཏ་ཀུ་ | taku | - |
| Taku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟାକୁ | taku | 87.21 |
| ଟକୁ | taku | 8.14 |
| ତାକୁ | taku | 2.33 |
| ତକୁ | taku | 2.33 |
| Taku in the Marathi language | ||
| टाकू | taku | 34.67 |
| टाकु | taku | 20 |
| टकु | taku | 12 |
| तकु | taku | 10.67 |
| टकू | taku | 8 |
| तकू | taku | 5.33 |
| ताकू | taku | 2.67 |
| ताकु | taku | 2.67 |
| ठकू | thaku | 1.33 |
| तखु | takhu | 1.33 |
| Taku in the Hindi language | ||
| तकू | taku | 23.88 |
| टाकू | taku | 20.84 |
| तकु | taku | 18.87 |
| टाकु | taku | 17.55 |
| टकू | taku | 13.72 |
| ताकू | taku | 2.24 |
| टकु | taku | 1.72 |
| ताकु | taku | 1.19 |
| Taku in the Russian language | ||
| Таку | taku | - |
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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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