Lakeh Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Lakeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lakeh (34) may also be a first name.
Lakeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lakeh (Arabic: بحيه) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lakeh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lakeh is the 2,746,821st most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Lakeh occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Lakeh live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 34 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Lakeh is most numerous in: Cross River, where 95 percent reside and Adamawa, where 5 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 32 percent reside and Cameroon, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lakeh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lakeh in the Arabic language | ||
| بحيه | bhyh | - |
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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 Lakeh
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