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 be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukanka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 617,057th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. The last name Lukanka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lukanka reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held 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. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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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