Utuku Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Utuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Utuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya911:507,47125,695
Nigeria731:2,426,61380,686
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Utuku (41) may also be a first name.

Utuku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Utuku is most common in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Utuku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Utuku? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 990,978th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Utuku are found; 35 percent are found in East Africa and 35 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Utuku is also the 1,590,275th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 41 people.

Utuku is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 507,471. In Kenya Utuku is most numerous in: Embu County, where 93 percent live, Kitui County, where 4 percent live and Kakamega County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 28 percent live and The DR Congo, where 24 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gutuku9111/
Utukuh917/
Hutuku911/
Ustukus8314/
Ustukuş831/
Ituku801,547/
Otuku80696/
Utoku8072/
Utiku8018/
Utucu801/
Outoukou7718/
Ithuku7382/
Utgucu7362/
Jituku7323/
Itukui7318/
Utieku7317/
Autoku733/
Otauku731/
Otukou731/
Othuku731/
Iteuku731/
Otuuku731/
Otouku731/
Jithuku678/
Otoukou675/
Jittuku674/
Houtoku671/
Hotoukou6224/
Ittoukou621/
Otucu60506/
Otoku60397/
Itiku60213/
Uticu601/
Hotoku5594/
Utikau552/
Otokuh551/
Otokuu551/

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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 Utuku
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