Lakua Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Lakua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Lakua (104) may also be a first name.
Lakua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lakua (Hindi: लकुआ, Oriya: ଲାକୁଆ) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakua? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,198,640th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 40 percent of Lakua live; 36 percent live in Oceania Islands and 36 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Lakua is also the 925,156th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 104 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 114,841. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Enga, where 56 percent reside, East New Britain, where 28 percent reside and West New Britain, where 10 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lakua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lakua in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲାକୁଆ | laku'a | - |
| Lakua in the Hindi language | ||
| लकुआ | laku'a | 50 |
| लकूङा | lakuna | 50 |
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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 Lakua
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