Lukah Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Lukah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Lukah (284) may also be a first name.
Lukah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lukah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lukah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,228,735th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Lukah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Lukah are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 525,265th most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 284 people.
Lukah is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Lukah is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 71 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Adamawa, where 5 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Lukah
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