Likums Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Likums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Likums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia191:107,89715,192
Belarus141:678,64756,781
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Līkums (1) are calculated separately.

Likums Last Name Facts

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

The surname Likums (Russian: Ликумс) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Līkums. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Likums? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,141,416th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. Likums occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Likums live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 49 percent live in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 107,897. In Latvia Likums is most common in: Semigallia, where 63 percent reside, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 21 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 11 percent reside. Beside Latvia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 36 percent reside and Wales, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Līkums941/
Leikums92227/
Likims831/
Likuhns771/
Lekuns6716/
Likons674/
Likunje62132/
Likunze622/
Legkuns621/
Licons501/

Likums Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Likums in the Russian language
Ликумсlikums-

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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 Likums
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