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Where Does The Last Name Lake Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Lake (Arabic: لايك, Bengali: লকে, Hindi: लाके, Marathi: लके, Oriya: ଲାେକ, Russian: Лаке) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Laķe. Click here for further possible spellings of Lake.

How Common Is The Last Name Lake? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 5,778^th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 74,644 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Lake are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 48 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lake is also the 32,663^rd most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 24,350 people.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 43,351 people, or 1 in 8,361. In The United States Lake is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent reside, Michigan, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The United States it exists in 147 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 8 percent reside.

Lake Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Lake has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lake surname expanded 471 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 281 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 638 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 118 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lake Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (53%) in Ireland, Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Christian (95%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Lake surname are 13.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.3% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lake earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 48.02% less than the national average, earning 179,885 kr per year; in Peru they earn 91.64% less than the national average, earning S/. 1,620 per year; in South Africa they earn 76.7% more than the national average, earning R 419,904 per year; in United States they earn 1.38% more than the national average, earning $43,746 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.09% more than the national average, earning $49,727 CAD per year.