Lukavu Surname
Approximately 429 people bear this surname
Lukavu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 390 | 1:189,435 | 19,115 |
| Zambia | 39 | 1:406,408 | 20,045 |
Lukavu (151) may also be a first name.
Lukavu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lukavu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lukavu is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lukavu.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukavu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 689,921st most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 16,987,287 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lukavu live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lukavu is also the 749,223rd most widely held first name globally, held by 151 people.
This last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 390 people, or 1 in 189,435. Aside from The DR Congo Lukavu exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Lukavu
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