Likhaya Surname
Approximately 745 people bear this surname
Likhaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Kenya | 210 | 1:219,904 | 15,632 |
| Russia | 112 | 1:1,286,813 | 92,220 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Likhaya (402) may also be a first name.
Likhaya Demographics
Likhaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Likhaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Likhaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Likhaya (Hindi: लखिया, Russian: Лихая) is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Likhaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 454,874th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 9,781,941 people. The surname Likhaya is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Likhaya live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 430,375th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 402 people.
The surname Likhaya is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Besides Malawi it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 28 percent live and Russia, where 15 percent live.
Likhaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Likhaya surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Likhaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Likhaya in the Hindi language | ||
| लखिया | lakhiya | 55.56 |
| लिखया | likhaya | 44.44 |
| Likhaya in the Russian language | ||
| Лихая | lihaa | - |
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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 Likhaya
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