Laka Surname
Approximately 16,102 people bear this surname
Laka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,243 | 1:180,784 | 11,044 |
| Indonesia | 3,478 | 1:38,024 | 4,409 |
| South Africa | 3,434 | 1:15,777 | 1,994 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,539 | 1:5,298 | 319 |
| Nigeria | 1,127 | 1:157,181 | 9,897 |
| DR Congo | 438 | 1:168,675 | 17,317 |
| Cameroon | 328 | 1:63,320 | 8,055 |
| Spain | 312 | 1:149,846 | 11,079 |
| Lesotho | 132 | 1:15,398 | 3,354 |
| Malaysia | 100 | 1:294,942 | 16,171 |
| Thailand | 99 | 1:713,519 | 117,929 |
| Pakistan | 97 | 1:1,841,690 | 18,345 |
| Solomon Islands | 92 | 1:6,305 | 921 |
| United States | 82 | 1:4,420,231 | 233,612 |
| Ivory Coast | 59 | 1:391,038 | 13,490 |
| Niger | 57 | 1:336,702 | 9,822 |
| Ukraine | 49 | 1:929,035 | 88,842 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Iran | 31 | 1:2,476,856 | 81,358 |
| Latvia | 31 | 1:66,131 | 9,862 |
| Turkey | 30 | 1:2,594,047 | 79,854 |
| Albania | 24 | 1:121,419 | 10,681 |
| Congo | 19 | 1:262,584 | 8,646 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1:281,907 | 28,677 |
| Greece | 14 | 1:791,414 | 84,075 |
| Kosovo | 11 | 1:169,261 | 6,833 |
| Cambodia | 11 | 1:1,407,922 | 6,192 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Bolivia | 6 | 1:1,769,406 | 6,441 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1:1,786,237 | 30,138 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Laka (8,157) may also be a first name.
Laka Demographics
Average Laka Salary in
United States
$45,941 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Laka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laka (Georgian: ლაკა, Hindi: लका, Marathi: लका, Oriya: ଲାକା, Russian: Лака, Tibetan: ལྷ་ཀ།) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 32,975th most widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 452,586 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Laka reside; 27 percent reside in South Asia and 26 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Laka is also the 70,168th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 8,157 people.
The last name is most common in India, where it is held by 4,243 people, or 1 in 180,784. In India it is mostly found in: Tamil Nadu, where 51 percent live, Gujarat, where 18 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent live. Excluding India it occurs in 78 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 22 percent live and South Africa, where 21 percent live.
Laka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Laka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Laka surname grew 2,733 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Laka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Muslim (50%) in Nigeria and Christian (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Laka last name are 30.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.92% registered with the party.
The amount Laka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 33.99% less than the national average, earning R 156,864 per year; in Colombia they earn 99.68% more than the national average, earning $45,332,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.47% more than the national average, earning $45,941 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.72% less than the national average, earning $47,339 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laka in the Georgian language | ||
| ლაკა | laka | - |
| Laka in the Marathi language | ||
| लका | laka | 86.23 |
| लाका | laka | 13.04 |
| Laka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲାକା | laka | 81.73 |
| ଲକା | laka | 11.06 |
| ଲାକ | laka | 4.33 |
| ଲକ | laka | 1.44 |
| କାନା | kana | 0.48 |
| Laka in the Hindi language | ||
| लका | laka | 74.44 |
| लाका | laka | 23.52 |
| लक्ा | laka | 1.43 |
| लकी | laki | 0.2 |
| लेाका | leaka | 0.2 |
| Laka in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལྷ་ཀ། | lhaka | 50 |
| ལ་ཀ། | laka | 50 |
| Laka in the Russian language | ||
| Лака | laka | - |
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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 Laka
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