Lakwa Surname
Approximately 965 people bear this surname
Lakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 309 | 1:123,006 | 18,265 |
| Yemen | 260 | 1:101,636 | 6,125 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Thailand | 101 | 1:699,390 | 116,161 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lakwa (76) may also be a first name.
Lakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lakwa is borne by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lakwa is the 371,870th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,551,861 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 42 percent of Lakwa live; 33 percent live in Eastern Europe and 33 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,107,702nd most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 76 people.
This surname is most frequent in Poland, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 123,006. Apart from Poland this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 27 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 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 Lakwa
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