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 last name Lukaya (Hindi: लुकाया, Marathi: लुकया, Russian: Лукая) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukaya? popularity and diffusion
Lukaya is the 182,417th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,127,702 people. The surname Lukaya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lukaya live; 78 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 250,845th most commonly occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 1,024 people.
The surname Lukaya is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,827 people, or 1 in 40,438. Excluding The DR Congo this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent reside and Malawi, where 6 percent reside.
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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