Lykhva Surname

1,152,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Lykhva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lykhva Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2051:222,06229,588
Russia31:48,041,019639,186

Lykhva Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lykhva Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lykhva (Russian: Лыхва) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lykhva? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,152,132nd most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. The surname Lykhva is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Lykhva reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Lykhva is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 222,062. In Ukraine Lykhva is mostly found in: Lviv Oblast, where 63 percent reside, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 15 percent reside and Mykolaiv Oblast, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Ukraine this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Likhva8321/
Lykvad836/
Lykhver777/
Lekva7370/
Leykhvis719/
Lykhvysh714/
Lykhvych712/
Likhwa6717/
Lychwa6710/
Lykver677/
Lekhwa676/
Lichva675/
Lekhba674/
Lyckvi672/
Leycva671/
Lekhua671/
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Lykhva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lykhva in the Russian language
Лыхваlyhva-

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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 Lykhva
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