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
Lukaya (Hindi: लुकाया, Marathi: लुकया, Russian: Лукая) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukaya? popularity and diffusion
Lukaya is the 182,417th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,127,702 people. Lukaya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lukaya reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 78 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Lukaya is also the 250,845th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 1,024 people.
The last name Lukaya is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,827 people, or 1 in 40,438. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs 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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