Laskam Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Laskam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laskam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea821:99,43613,359
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Laskam (48) may also be a first name.

Laskam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Laskam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Laskam is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Laskam? popularity and diffusion

The last name Laskam is the 2,034,059th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Laskam live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,448,253rd most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 48 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 99,436. In Papua New Guinea Laskam is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 65 percent are found, Jiwaka, where 26 percent are found and Morobe, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laiskam921/
Liaskham861/
Lascam8311/
Loskam834/
Leskam831/
Lazkam831/
Laskom831/
Leshkam775/
Lachkam774/
Looskam773/
Lachkame711/
Lachkhame67204/
Lascom6716/
Lezkam672/
Loscam671/
Lashkomova6317/
Lascome624/
Leskeim621/
Lescom5030/
Loscom500/

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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 Laskam
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