Lakey Surname
Approximately 9,170 people bear this surname
Lakey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,595 | 1:78,881 | 9,004 |
| South Africa | 1,819 | 1:29,784 | 3,835 |
| England | 991 | 1:56,224 | 6,805 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| Australia | 324 | 1:83,320 | 9,655 |
| Canada | 188 | 1:195,987 | 19,219 |
| Russia | 71 | 1:2,029,902 | 125,931 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| Scotland | 25 | 1:214,153 | 11,205 |
| Panama | 20 | 1:195,613 | 5,661 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 300 | 1:81,251 | 8,700 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 717 | 1:70,040 | 7,569 |
Lakey (3,501) may also be a first name.
Lakey Demographics
Average Lakey Salary in
United States
$42,161 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lakey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lakey (Arabic: بحيى, Hindi: लकी, Russian: Лакей, Tibetan: ལས་སྐྱིད་) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Lakey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 55,398th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 794,716 people. The last name Lakey is predominantly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Lakey live; 51 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 119,990th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 3,501 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 4,595 people, or 1 in 78,881. In The United States Lakey is most numerous in: Texas, where 16 percent live, Missouri, where 12 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 43 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 20 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.
Lakey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lakey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lakey last name expanded 641 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 330 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,250 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lakey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Lakey surname is chiefly Anglican (67%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Lakey last name are 10.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.41% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lakey earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 16.95% more than the national average, earning R 277,908 per year; in United States they earn 2.29% less than the national average, earning $42,161 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.94% less than the national average, earning $48,720 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lakey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lakey in the Hindi language | ||
| लकी | laki | - |
| Lakey in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལས་སྐྱིད་ | lékyi | 61.29 |
| ལས་སྐྱིད། | lékyi | 22.58 |
| ལྷ་སྐྱིད། | lhakyi | 3.23 |
| ལས་སྐིད་ | léki | 3.23 |
| ལྷ་སྐྱིད་ | lhakyi | 3.23 |
| ལ་སྐྱིད་ | lakyi | 3.23 |
| ལེགས་སྐྱིད། | lekkyi | 3.23 |
| Lakey in the Russian language | ||
| Лакей | lakej | - |
| Lakey in the Arabic language | ||
| بحيى | bhyy | - |
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Lakey Reference & Research
Lake FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Lake FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Lakey
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis