Lokwanya Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lokwanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lokwanya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Lokwanya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lokwanya is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lokwanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Lokwanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lokwanya reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

Lokwanya is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Samburu County, where 67 percent live, Busia County, where 17 percent live and West Pokot County, where 17 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loikwanya941/
Lukwanya8855/
Lokwanyo881/
Lukwanja7514/
Lugwanya755/
Lucwanya751/
Lukwange631/
Lugwanye631/
Hlongwange561/
Laguagna502/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lokwanya
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