Lakwai Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Lakwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 70 | 1:8,286 | 1,347 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Lakwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lakwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lakwai occurs more in The Solomon Islands more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,168,711th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. Lakwai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Lakwai reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Solomonic Oceania.
Lakwai is most frequently held in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 8,286. In The Solomon Islands it is most frequent in: Capital Territory, where 81 percent live, Malaita Province, where 16 percent live and Choiseul Province, where 1 percent live. Outside of The Solomon Islands this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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 Lakwai
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