Lakas Surname
Approximately 1,284 people bear this surname
Lakas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 714 | 1:54,106 | 9,245 |
| United States | 191 | 1:1,897,691 | 123,202 |
| India | 136 | 1:5,640,187 | 135,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73 | 1:111,695 | 15,161 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Ukraine | 31 | 1:1,468,474 | 118,175 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Lakás (1) are calculated separately.
Lakas (217) may also be a first name.
Lakas Demographics
Average Lakas Salary in
United States
$49,795 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lakas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lakas (Arabic: لاكاس, Bengali: লকাস, Hindi: लकस, Marathi: लकस, Oriya: େଲାକାସ, Russian: Лакас) occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Lakás. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 296,943rd most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,675,659 people. Lakas occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Lakas reside; 56 percent reside in North Africa and 56 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 612,983rd most frequent first name worldwide, held by 217 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 714 people, or 1 in 54,106. In Algeria Lakas is mostly concentrated in: Ouargla Province, where 71 percent live, Laghouat Province, where 15 percent live and Blida Province, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria this last name is found in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Lakas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lakas has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 2,122 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lakas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Lakas are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Lakas earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 15.4% more than the national average, earning $49,795 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.79% more than the national average, earning $68,458 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lakas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lakas in the Bengali language | ||
| লকাস | lakasa | - |
| Lakas in the Marathi language | ||
| लकस | lakasa | 95.72 |
| लाकास | lakasa | 1.07 |
| कस | kasa | 1.07 |
| Lakas in the Hindi language | ||
| लकस | lakasa | 66.67 |
| लकास | lakasa | 33.33 |
| Lakas in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲାକାସ | elakasa | 25 |
| ଲାକାସ | lakasa | 25 |
| ଲାକସ | lakasa | 25 |
| ଲକସ | lakasa | 25 |
| Lakas in the Russian language | ||
| Лакас | lakas | - |
| Lakas in the Arabic language | ||
| لاكاس | lakas | - |
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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 Lakas
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