Lachiman Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lachiman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lachiman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

Lachiman (1,346) may also be a first name.

Lachiman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lachiman Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lachiman (Hindi: लचिमन, Tibetan: ལ་ཅི་མན་) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lachiman? popularity and diffusion

Lachiman is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Lachiman is predominantly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Lachiman live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lachiman is also the 213,975th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 1,346 people.

The surname Lachiman is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Lachiman is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 31 percent live and Malaysia, where 15 percent live.

Lachiman Last Name Statistics demography

Lachiman earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.11% less than the national average, earning R 37,764 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Lachiman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lachiman in the Tibetan language
ལ་ཅི་མན་lachimen-
Lachiman in the Hindi language
लचिमनlacimana53.85
लछिमनlachimana38.46
लछिमिनlachimina7.69

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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 Lachiman
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