Lekea Surname
Approximately 587 people bear this surname
Lekea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 419 | 1:93,173 | 9,573 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Lekea (42) may also be a first name.
Lekea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lekea is found most in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lekea.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekea? popularity and diffusion
Lekea is the 545,543rd most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,414,899 people. Lekea is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Lekea live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lekea is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 42 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 419 people, or 1 in 93,173. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Adjumani District, where 62 percent are found, Moyo District, where 32 percent are found and Amuru District, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found and Greece, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Lekea
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