Likiya Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Likiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 202 | 1:193,264 | 15,695 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Likiya (92) may also be a first name.
Likiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Likiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Likiya (Hindi: लीकिया, Marathi: िलकीया, Russian: Ликия) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Likiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,129,067th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. Likiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Likiya reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Likiya is also the 992,070th most numerous first name globally It is held by 92 people.
Likiya is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 193,264. In Uganda Likiya is most frequent in: Yumbe District, where 73 percent are found, Kayunga District, where 11 percent are found and Kiryandongo District, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Likiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Likiya in the Marathi language | ||
| िलकीया | ilakiya | - |
| Likiya in the Hindi language | ||
| लीकिया | likiya | 50 |
| लिकिया | likiya | 50 |
| Likiya in the Russian language | ||
| Ликия | likia | - |
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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 Likiya
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