Lahka Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Lahka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 74 | 1:280,663 | 26,698 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Lahká (53) are calculated separately.
Lahka (20) may also be a first name.
Lahka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lahka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lahka is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Lahká. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lahka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lahka is the 2,007,164th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. Lahka occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Lahka are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 83 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon Lahka is most common in: Northwest Region, where 93 percent reside, Centre Region, where 1 percent reside and East Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Lahka occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 8 percent reside and Slovakia, where 5 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Lahka
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