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
The surname Likhaya (Hindi: लखिया, Russian: Лихая) is found most frequently in Malawi. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Likhaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Likhaya is the 454,874th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 9,781,941 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Likhaya are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Likhaya is also the 430,375th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 402 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Outside of Malawi this last name 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 bearing 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
- 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 Likhaya
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