Luyaka Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Luyaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Luyaka (16) may also be a first name.
Luyaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luyaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luyaka is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Luyaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Luyaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Luyaka live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Luyaka is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 16 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,078,660. In Kenya Luyaka is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 60 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 27 percent live and Nairobi County, where 7 percent live. Beside Kenya Luyaka exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.
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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 Luyaka
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