Lako Surname
Approximately 10,435 people bear this surname
Lako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 4,200 | 1:8,931 | 1,260 |
| Pakistan | 1,699 | 1:105,146 | 3,292 |
| Cameroon | 750 | 1:27,692 | 3,760 |
| Albania | 702 | 1:4,151 | 768 |
| Papua New Guinea | 551 | 1:14,798 | 1,435 |
| Indonesia | 443 | 1:298,531 | 26,540 |
| United States | 434 | 1:835,159 | 63,868 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Romania | 149 | 1:134,751 | 14,596 |
| Ivory Coast | 118 | 1:195,519 | 8,450 |
| Benin | 116 | 1:89,100 | 10,389 |
| Thailand | 114 | 1:619,635 | 105,115 |
| Netherlands | 95 | 1:177,760 | 25,545 |
| Canada | 59 | 1:624,502 | 51,218 |
| Greece | 57 | 1:194,382 | 30,902 |
| Niger | 55 | 1:348,946 | 10,096 |
| Afghanistan | 53 | 1:606,664 | 7,075 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| Slovakia | 41 | 1:130,157 | 23,900 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Hungary | 26 | 1:377,549 | 26,409 |
| Serbia | 25 | 1:285,798 | 14,883 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Croatia | 21 | 1:201,362 | 24,020 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Lakó (889) are calculated separately.
Lako (2,858) may also be a first name.
Lako Demographics
Average Lako Salary in
United States
$38,611 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lako Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lako (Georgian: ლაკო, Hindi: लाको, Marathi: लको, Oriya: ଲାେକା, Russian: Лако) is more commonly found in Sudan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Lakó. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lako? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 49,316th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 698,375 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Lako are found; 40 percent are found in North Africa and 40 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 136,148th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 2,858 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Sudan, where it is held by 4,200 people, or 1 in 8,931. Besides Sudan this last name is found in 73 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
Lako Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lako has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 43,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lako Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lako last name are 20.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.26% being registered with the party.
The amount Lako earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.6% less than the national average, earning R 105,516 per year; in United States they earn 10.52% less than the national average, earning $38,611 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.61% more than the national average, earning $52,469 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lako Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lako in the Georgian language | ||
| ლაკო | lako | - |
| Lako in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲାେକା | laeka | 87.5 |
| ଲକ | laka | 12.5 |
| Lako in the Hindi language | ||
| लाको | lako | 85.71 |
| लको | lako | 14.29 |
| Lako in the Marathi language | ||
| लको | lako | 80 |
| लाको | lako | 20 |
| Lako in the Russian language | ||
| Лако | lako | - |
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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 Lako
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