Zukulu Surname

411,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 847 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Zukulu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zukulu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8371:64,7288,140
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Zukulu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zukulu is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zukulu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 411,827th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,603,950 people. The surname Zukulu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zukulu reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 837 people, or 1 in 64,728. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 71 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 23 percent live and Gauteng, where 3 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Zukulu Last Name Statistics demography

Zukulu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.86% less than the national average, earning R 104,892 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zukhulu922/
Sukulu83574/
Jukulu8324/
Zokulu8310/
Zoukoulou8010/
Tsukulu77887/
Tšukulu7742/
Chukulu7717/
Sukulau776/
Sukkulu776/
Zukkilu771/
Suekulu771/
Sukuulu771/
Sukullu771/
Sukuluy771/
Dzoukoulou757/
Ts'ukulu71414/
Tshukulu7192/
T'Sukulu7125/
Tchukulu711/
Tsukului711/
Cokulu6747/
T'S'ukulu671/
Joukoulou671/
Cuculu671/
Djoukoulou6328/
Joukkoulou631/
Cucullu62220/
Sucullu62170/
Tsokulu6215/
Cuculiu621/
Cuculou621/
Tchoukoulou5914/
Djoukkoulou591/
Tshikulu571,286/
Tshokulu571/
Ts'okulu571/
Cucculliu5360/

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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 Zukulu
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