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
Lahka is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered as: Lahká. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lahka? popularity and diffusion
Lahka is the 2,007,164th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Lahka reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 83 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Lahka is also the 2,446,817th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 20 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne 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. Other than Cameroon it exists 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
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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 Lahka
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