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 last name Lachau (Bengali: লাচাউ, Hindi: लाचौ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lachau.
How Common Is The Last Name Lachau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,364,059th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname Lachau is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Lachau live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 28 people.
The surname Lachau is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bauchi, where 93 percent live and Zamfara, where 6 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 23 percent live and France, where 10 percent live.
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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