Lokaya Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
Lokaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 650 | 1:113,661 | 12,476 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Lokaya (234) may also be a first name.
Lokaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lokaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lokaya (Marathi: लोकाया, Oriya: େଲାକୟା) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lokaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 499,041st most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,041,736 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lokaya reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Lokaya is also the 585,759th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 234 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 650 people, or 1 in 113,661. Besides The DR Congo this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and Egypt, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lokaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lokaya in the Marathi language | ||
| लोकाया | lokaya | 62.96 |
| लोकया | lokaya | 33.33 |
| लोक्या | lokya | 3.7 |
| Lokaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲାକୟା | elakaya | 50 |
| େଲାକାୟା | elakaya | 50 |
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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 Lokaya
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