Lakea Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Lakea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 136 | 1:59,954 | 7,710 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lakea (244) may also be a first name.
Lakea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lakea is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakea? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lakea is the 1,398,030th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Lakea reside; 87 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 87 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 571,890th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 244 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 59,954. In Papua New Guinea Lakea is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 38 percent are found, Morobe, where 17 percent are found and National Capital District, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Lakea is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Lakea
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