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
The last name Lakas (Arabic: لاكاس, Bengali: লকাস, Hindi: लकस, Marathi: लकस, Oriya: େଲାକାସ, Russian: Лакас) is found most in Algeria. It may be rendered as: Lakás. For other possible spellings of Lakas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakas? popularity and diffusion
Lakas is the 296,943rd most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,675,659 people. The last name Lakas is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Lakas are found; 56 percent are found in North Africa and 56 percent are found in Mahgreb. Lakas is also the 612,983rd most commonly held first name globally It is held by 217 people.
Lakas is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is carried by 714 people, or 1 in 54,106. In Algeria Lakas is most numerous in: Ouargla Province, where 71 percent are found, Laghouat Province, where 15 percent are found and Blida Province, where 13 percent are found. Barring Algeria it occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Lakas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lakas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lakas last name expanded 2,122 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lakas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lakas surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% registered with the political 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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