Lakalaka Surname

597,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lakalaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lakalaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4711:36,3465,352
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Lakalaka (12) may also be a first name.

Lakalaka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lakalaka Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lakalaka occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lakalaka? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 597,433rd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 13,987,612 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Lakalaka reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lakalaka is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 12 people.

The surname Lakalaka is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Excluding Malawi this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.

Lakalaka Last Name Statistics demography

Lakalaka earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.05% less than the national average, earning $12,925 USD per year.

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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 Lakalaka
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