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 in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Lahká. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lahka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,007,164th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name Lahka is predominantly found 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 frequently held given name throughout the world, borne by 20 people.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 93 percent are found, Centre Region, where 1 percent are found and East Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent are found and Slovakia, where 5 percent are found.
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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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