Lacha Surname
Approximately 1,579 people bear this surname
Lacha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 883 | 1:59,957 | 6,439 |
| India | 372 | 1:2,062,004 | 70,087 |
| Spain | 66 | 1:708,364 | 30,810 |
| Philippines | 59 | 1:1,715,902 | 111,316 |
| Mauritius | 33 | 1:39,194 | 7,252 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Lácha (140) & Lächa (5) are calculated separately.
Lacha (2,265) may also be a first name.
Lacha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lacha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lacha (Bengali: লাচা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻻﺷﻪ, Hindi: लछा, Marathi: लचा, Oriya: ଲାଚା, Russian: Лача, Tibetan: ལྷ་ལྕ་) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Lácha or Lächa. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lacha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lacha is the 251,029th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,615,292 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Lacha are found; 56 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Lacha is also the 156,825th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 2,265 people.
The surname Lacha is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 883 people, or 1 in 59,957. In Tanzania Lacha is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 75 percent live, Manyara Region, where 14 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Lacha is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in India, where 24 percent live and Spain, where 4 percent live.
Lacha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lacha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lacha last name contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lacha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lacha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻻﺷﻪ | lashh | - |
| Lacha in the Bengali language | ||
| লাচা | laca | - |
| Lacha in the Marathi language | ||
| लचा | laca | 76 |
| लाचा | laca | 21.33 |
| लाछा | lacha | 1.33 |
| Lacha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲାଚା | laca | 53.9 |
| ଲଚ | laca | 24.82 |
| ଲାଚ | laca | 7.8 |
| ଲଚା | laca | 5.67 |
| ଲାଛା | lacha | 3.55 |
| ଲଛ | lacha | 1.42 |
| ଲାଛ | lacha | 0.71 |
| ଲାୟ | laya | 0.71 |
| ଲାଛୁ | lachu | 0.71 |
| Lacha in the Hindi language | ||
| लछा | lacha | 35.04 |
| लाचा | laca | 30.66 |
| लाछा | lacha | 28.47 |
| लचा | laca | 2.92 |
| लछाा | lachaa | 2.19 |
| लच्चा | lacca | 0.73 |
| Lacha in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལྷ་ལྕ་ | lhacha | 33.33 |
| ལྷ་མཆོག་ | lhachok | 33.33 |
| ལྷ་ཀྱ་ | lhakya | 33.33 |
| Lacha in the Russian language | ||
| Лача | laca | - |
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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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- 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 Lacha
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