Laminga Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Laminga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 225 | 1:787,301 | 35,295 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Laminga (139) may also be a first name.
Laminga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laminga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laminga is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Laminga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,022,958th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Laminga reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 784,558th most widespread first name on earth, held by 139 people.
Laminga is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 225 people, or 1 in 787,301. In Nigeria Laminga is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 24 percent are found, Kano, where 12 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 9 percent are found and Germany, where 0 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 Laminga
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