Lakša

surname · Latin script

Lakša is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Malay laksa, from Classical Malay لقسا (laksa), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa, “hundred thousand”).

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PLPoland1 in 128K
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 701K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

300 people, 2026

Sources
28 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ļaksa in LV Latvia and Laksa in GB United Kingdom.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Lakša: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Lakša
  1. Malaylaksa(measured from records)
  2. Classical Malayلقساlaksa(measured from records)
  3. Sanskritलक्षlakṣa“hundred thousand”(measured from records)

From Malay laksa, from Classical Malay لقسا (laksa), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa, “hundred thousand”).

Sources 1

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lakša counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Lakša is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland—3001 in 128K158——
LV Latvia#838≈150 est.≈1 in 12K—Ļaksa28
CZ Czechia—101 in 1.1M10——
EE Estonia—≈2 est.≈1 in 701Klisted—3
GB United Kingdom————Laksa10

300 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lakša is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia

    Also written Laksa, Ļaksa, Laksá, Лакша

  • Polish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Laksa, Lakså

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Laksa, Laksá, Ļaksa

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Lakša under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lakša mean, and where does it come from?
From Malay laksa, from Classical Malay لقسا (laksa), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa, “hundred thousand”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Lakša have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 300 people named Lakša, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Lakša?
In Poland, the national register counted 300 people named Lakša in 2026, about 1 in 128 thousand residents.
How common is Lakša compared with other names?
In Latvia, Lakša is the 838th most common surname of 60,294 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lakša” — the 838th most common surname in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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