Lakaia Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Lakaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Lakaia (21) may also be a first name.
Lakaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lakaia occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Lakaia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakaia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Lakaia live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,368,944th most widespread forename worldwide It is held by 21 people.
The surname Lakaia is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: New Ireland, where 70 percent reside, West New Britain, where 25 percent reside and Milne Bay, where 5 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, 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 Lakaia
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