Lakawa Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Lakawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 218 | 1:606,648 | 48,159 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Lakawa (32) may also be a first name.
Lakawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lakawa occurs most in Indonesia. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lakawa is the 883,255th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name Lakawa is primarily found in Asia, where 72 percent of Lakawa reside; 71 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 71 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Lakawa is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 32 people.
The last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 606,648. In Indonesia Lakawa is mostly found in: Central Sulawesi, where 99 percent reside. Other than Indonesia Lakawa occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Lakawa
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