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 borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Likhaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Likhaya is the 454,874th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 9,781,941 people. The surname occurs mostly 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. It is also the 430,375th most common first name globally, held by 402 people.
The last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Other than 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 devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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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