Lakafa Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Lakafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
Lakafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lakafa is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lakafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Lakafa reside; 64 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 64 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Lakafa is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 83 percent live and National Capital District, where 17 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 36 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lokafa | 83 | 152 | / |
| Lekafa | 83 | 16 | / |
| Lakafe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lakafi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Laukafo | 77 | 7 | / |
| Laikafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hlakafo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lakeifa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lakkhafi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Lokafo | 67 | 144 | / |
| Lakkaphat | 67 | 38 | / |
| Lokofa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Lakofi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Lokafi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lokafe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lakhaphas | 67 | 3 | / |
| Laqafe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lekefa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lakhaphai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lokefa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leakafett | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hlokofa | 62 | 74 | / |
| Lackofi | 62 | 21 | / |
| Lacafou | 62 | 10 | / |
| Lacaffe | 62 | 7 | / |
| Lekapha | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lekhofa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lakoufi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lakofit | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lakoufis | 57 | 13 | / |
| Leukaufe | 57 | 13 | / |
| Loucaifa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lakkoufi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lokofo | 50 | 1,082 | / |
| Lokofe | 50 | 475 | / |
| Locafo | 50 | 5 | / |
| Lekofo | 50 | 4 | / |
| Lekefo | 50 | 1 | / |
| Lokofé | 50 | 1 | / |
| Lokofi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Lakafa
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