Laska Surname
Approximately 5,882 people bear this surname
Laska Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,937 | 1:187,124 | 18,605 |
| Albania | 1,197 | 1:2,434 | 423 |
| Russia | 608 | 1:237,044 | 25,363 |
| Germany | 413 | 1:194,928 | 22,513 |
| Brazil | 354 | 1:604,730 | 22,545 |
| Ukraine | 184 | 1:247,406 | 32,520 |
| Hungary | 173 | 1:56,741 | 5,966 |
| Greece | 173 | 1:64,045 | 10,710 |
| India | 120 | 1:6,392,212 | 146,413 |
| France | 87 | 1:763,480 | 93,619 |
| Poland | 85 | 1:447,162 | 46,049 |
| Austria | 66 | 1:129,022 | 17,785 |
| Kosovo | 63 | 1:29,553 | 2,975 |
| England | 63 | 1:884,414 | 45,970 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| Belarus | 47 | 1:202,150 | 25,664 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1:884,125 | 54,571 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Transnistria | 4 | 1:118,675 | 12,470 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:1,357,262 | 74,323 |
The alternate forms: Láska (673), Laška (123), Laská (9) & Láská (4) are calculated separately.
Laska (512) may also be a first name.
Laska Demographics
Average Male Laska Height
176.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Laska Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laska Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laska (Hindi: लस्का, Russian: Ласка) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Láska, Laška, Laská or Láská. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Laska? popularity and diffusion
The surname Laska is the 82,398th most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,238,957 people. The surname Laska occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Laska are found; 34 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Laska is also the 373,684th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 512 people.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 1,937 people, or 1 in 187,124. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 14 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 12 percent are found and New York, where 10 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 56 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 20 percent are found and Russia, where 10 percent are found.
Laska Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Laska has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Laska surname grew 5,235 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 3,150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Laska Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (81%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Laska last name are 2.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.5% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Laska earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 68.34% more than the national average, earning 582,585 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.42% more than the national average, earning $47,214 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.7% more than the national average, earning $51,025 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laska Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laska in the Hindi language | ||
| लस्का | laska | - |
| Laska in the Russian language | ||
| Ласка | laska | - |
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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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- 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 Laska
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