Zaku Surname
Approximately 1,029 people bear this surname
Zaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 414 | 1:427,881 | 22,121 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| South Africa | 204 | 1:265,577 | 26,568 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Solomon Islands | 37 | 1:15,676 | 2,975 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Turkey | 18 | 1:4,323,412 | 102,143 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Žaku (75) are calculated separately.
Zaku (546) may also be a first name.
Zaku Demographics
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Zaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zaku (Arabic: زاكو, Russian: Заку) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Žaku. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zaku is the 353,738th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 7,082,163 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Zaku reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 360,559th most numerous first name globally, held by 546 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 414 people, or 1 in 427,881. In Nigeria Zaku is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 52 percent live, Kebbi, where 15 percent live and Plateau, where 8 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and South Africa, where 20 percent live.
Zaku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Zaku surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Zaku earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.18% less than the national average, earning R 116,016 per year and in United States they earn 13.69% more than the national average, earning $49,057 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zaku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zaku in the Russian language | ||
| Заку | zaku | - |
| Zaku in the Arabic language | ||
| زاكو | zakw | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Zaku
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