Lachau Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Lachau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Lachau (28) may also be a first name.
Lachau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lachau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lachau (Bengali: লাচাউ, Hindi: लाचौ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lachau.
How Common Is The Last Name Lachau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,364,059th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. Lachau is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Lachau reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 28 people.
The surname Lachau is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria Lachau is mostly concentrated in: Bauchi, where 93 percent reside and Zamfara, where 6 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 23 percent reside and France, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lachau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lachau in the Bengali language | ||
| লাচাউ | laca'u | - |
| Lachau in the Hindi language | ||
| लाचौ | lacau | - |
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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 Lachau
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