Lakatani Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Niue

Lakatani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lakatani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea881:92,65612,367
United States221:16,475,406557,260
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Niue11:1,614145

Lakatani (14) may also be a first name.

Lakatani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lakatani is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lakatani? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lakatani is the 1,620,164th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Lakatani are found; 81 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Lakatani is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 14 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 92,656. In Papua New Guinea Lakatani is mostly concentrated in: Milne Bay, where 72 percent are found, Jiwaka, where 10 percent are found and National Capital District, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea Lakatani exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and New Zealand, where 6 percent are found.

Lakatani Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lakatani surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Lakatani earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.56% less than the national average, earning $37,297 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 Lakatani
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