Likius Surname

687,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 431 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Likius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Likius Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia3351:7,1921,408
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

Likius (1,697) may also be a first name.

Likius Last Name Facts

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

The surname Likius is held by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Likius.

How Common Is The Last Name Likius? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 687,524th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 16,908,459 people. The surname Likius occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Likius reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 186,604th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 1,697 people.

It is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is borne by 335 people, or 1 in 7,192. In Namibia Likius is primarily found in: Ohangwena Region, where 27 percent reside, Oshikoto Region, where 26 percent reside and Omusati Region, where 21 percent reside. Without taking into account Namibia Likius exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Likegius860/
Lukius83160/
Lekius8317/
Likyus831/
Lichius77528/
Licious77146/
Luckius779/
Leckius777/
Lyckius771/
Lukyus676/
Lycious6247/
Lyckéus626/
Lycoius624/
Lechius620/
Lykkehus5772/
Likejuice532/
Lucjus504/
Lucíus501/
Lucéus501/

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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 Likius
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