Lakanla Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Lakanla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 59 | 1:175,180 | 17,306 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
Lakanla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakanla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lakanla is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakanla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lakanla reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 175,180. In Benin Lakanla is most numerous in: Plateau Department, where 93 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 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 Lakanla
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