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
Lakwai is borne by more people in The Solomon Islands than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lakwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lakwai is the 2,168,711th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname Lakwai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Lakwai are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 92 percent are found in Solomonic Oceania.
It is most widely held in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 8,286. In The Solomon Islands Lakwai is most frequent in: Capital Territory, where 81 percent reside, Malaita Province, where 16 percent reside and Choiseul Province, where 1 percent reside. Besides The Solomon Islands this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
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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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