Lukanka Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Lukanka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 303 | 1:174,725 | 15,264 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Lukanka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lukanka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lukanka occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukanka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 617,057th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lukanka reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 303 people, or 1 in 174,725. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 38 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lukankoa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lukasenka | 88 | 1 | / |
| Lukonka | 86 | 180 | / |
| Lukanko | 86 | 52 | / |
| Lukanki | 86 | 21 | / |
| Likanka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lukasenko | 75 | 133 | / |
| Hlukhenka | 75 | 88 | / |
| Lukašenko | 75 | 50 | / |
| Hlukhanko | 75 | 28 | / |
| Lukatenko | 75 | 11 | / |
| Lukonko | 71 | 453 | / |
| Lukachenko | 71 | 21 | / |
| Lukaszenko | 71 | 7 | / |
| Lokanke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lukonki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lukonke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lokanki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lokhanko | 67 | 125 | / |
| Lukaschenko | 67 | 14 | / |
| Luckachinki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lukonkes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loukachenko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Likhanko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lokhanke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lukhachenko | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lukanka
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