Luksta Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Luksta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Lukšta (9) are calculated separately.
Luksta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luksta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luksta is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Lukšta. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Luksta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Luksta are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 44 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 683,349. In Latvia Luksta is most prevalent in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 67 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 33 percent reside. Apart from Latvia Luksta occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent reside and Argentina, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lukšta | 94 | 9 | / |
| Lukstat | 92 | 9 | / |
| Lukstas | 92 | 2 | / |
| Lukshta | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lukshtas | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lukste | 83 | 4 | / |
| Loksta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Luckstead | 80 | 59 | / |
| Laukstadt | 80 | 9 | / |
| Lukshto | 77 | 34 | / |
| Lukštas | 77 | 5 | / |
| Lukszto | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lucksted | 71 | 132 | / |
| Luksteid | 71 | 14 | / |
| Luksztet | 71 | 7 | / |
| Luckstedt | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lukštaitė | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lyukshted | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luksztedt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lückstadt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyukshtet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lucksteed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luksztejdt | 63 | 14 | / |
| Lyukshtedt | 63 | 1 | / |
| Lugster | 62 | 0 | / |
| Lucchtta | 57 | 1 | / |
| Luxty | 55 | 15 | / |
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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 Luksta
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