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) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lachau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,364,059th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Lachau reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lachau is also the 1,994,417th most common given name in the world, held by 28 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bauchi, where 93 percent are found and Zamfara, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 23 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.
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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