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 surname Lukaye is most common in Uganda. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lukaye is the 1,504,764th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. The last name Lukaye is mostly found 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 commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 31 people.
The surname Lukaye is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 549,849. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Manafwa District, where 65 percent live, Mbale District, where 15 percent live and Kampala District, where 8 percent live. Aside from Uganda Lukaye occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 42 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Lukaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly 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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