Lyaka Surname
Approximately 4,845 people bear this surname
Lyaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4,095 | 1:9,533 | 1,614 |
| Tanzania | 652 | 1:81,199 | 8,330 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Kazakhstan | 16 | 1:1,105,156 | 63,055 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lyaka (262) may also be a first name.
Lyaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lyaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lyaka (Russian: Ляка) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lyaka is the 97,908th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,504,137 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lyaka live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lyaka is also the 549,774th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 262 people.
Lyaka is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 4,095 people, or 1 in 9,533. In Uganda Lyaka is most frequent in: Busia District, where 51 percent live, Namayingo District, where 23 percent live and Bugiri District, where 12 percent live. Aside from Uganda it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lyaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lyaka in the Russian language | ||
| Ляка | laka | - |
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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 Lyaka
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