Lukaye Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Lukaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 71 | 1:549,849 | 30,277 |
| Kenya | 58 | 1:796,205 | 31,724 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Lukaye (31) may also be a first name.
Lukaye Demographics
Lukaye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lukaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lukaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lukaye occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Lukaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,504,764th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lukaye reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 31 people.
Lukaye is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 549,849. In Uganda Lukaye is most frequent in: Manafwa District, where 65 percent live, Mbale District, where 15 percent live and Kampala District, where 8 percent live. Other than Uganda this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 42 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Lukaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Lukaye
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