Lukaya Surname
Approximately 2,330 people bear this surname
Lukaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,827 | 1:40,438 | 4,982 |
| Tanzania | 199 | 1:266,038 | 21,128 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Kenya | 96 | 1:481,041 | 24,996 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Lukaya (1,024) may also be a first name.
Lukaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lukaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lukaya (Hindi: लुकाया, Marathi: लुकया, Russian: Лукая) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 182,417th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,127,702 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lukaya are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 78 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Lukaya is also the 250,845th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 1,024 people.
Lukaya is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,827 people, or 1 in 40,438. Outside of The DR Congo Lukaya is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent live and Malawi, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lukaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lukaya in the Hindi language | ||
| लुकाया | lukaya | - |
| Lukaya in the Marathi language | ||
| लुकया | lukaya | - |
| Lukaya in the Russian language | ||
| Лукая | lukaa | - |
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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
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- 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 Lukaya
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