Uku

loc · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Uku is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Russia. Recorded meaning: From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Cognate with Finnish ukko and Ukko.

rarermore common
  • RURussia

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
53 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

УкуCyrillic(measured from records)
UcuLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Уку in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Cognate with Finnish ukko and Ukko.

Sources 2

Where in the world(measured from records)

Uku counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Uku is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia——Уку16
FI Finland—98—3
GB United Kingdom—34—12
EE Estonia—8—53
ES Spain—7—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Uku is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Ükü

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ùkù

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Uku is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In kl, plural of una, a hyphenated or assimilated enclitic which denotes to be.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In bpz, measure with some measurement of capacity, both liquid and dry goods

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Estonian, A god of weather and lightning in Estonian mythology.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Hawaiian, payment, reward, prize, commission, compensation

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • ISO 639-3 language code for Ukue.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Hawaiian, a deep-sea snapper (Aprion spp.)

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Uku Masing, b. 1909Uku Hänni, b. 1943Uku Pihlak, b. 1946Uku Kuut, b. 1966Uku Toomet, b. 1967Uku Suviste, b. 1982Uku Uusberg, b. 1984Uku Vainik, b. 1985Suur Papa, b. 1989Uku Kõrre, b. 2000
  • Uku Masingb. 1909EEEstonian philosopher and theologian (1909-1985)
  • Uku Hännib. 1943EEEstonian astrophysicist and civil servant (born 1943)
  • Uku Pihlakb. 1946EEEstonian chemist (born 1946)
  • Uku Kuutb. 1966EEEstonian musician and composer (1966-2017)
  • Uku Toometb. 1967EEEstonian film personnel (born 1967)
  • Uku Suvisteb. 1982EEEstonian singer (born 1982)
  • Uku Uusbergb. 1984EEEstonian actor and director (born 1984)
  • Uku Vainikb. 1985EEEstonian psychologist (born 1985)
  • Suur Papab. 1989EEnot in their usual nameEstonian rapper (born 1989)
  • Uku Kõrreb. 2000EEEstonian footballer (born 2000)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Uku
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200234#64,689
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—8#12,496
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—7#14,106
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—7#143,513

Reference works 3

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Uku mean, and where does it come from?
From Proto-Finnic *ukko. Cognate with Finnish ukko and Ukko. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
In which country does Uku have the most bearers?
Uku is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled уку.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Uku”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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