Lukanika Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Lukanika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lukanika 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
Uganda731:534,78529,774
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Lukanika Last Name Facts

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

Lukanika is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lukanika.

How Common Is The Last Name Lukanika? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,185,341st most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lukanika live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 534,785. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Lwengo District, where 36 percent reside, Bukomansimbi District, where 15 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.

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
Lukangika9427/
Loukanika944/
Loukanikas8942/
Lukonika882/
Lukhanekha781/
Lokaniki7515/
Lukeniko754/
Lukoniski711/
Lukeneko631/
Luiscanico561/

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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 Lukanika
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