Hleke Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Hleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Hleke (18) may also be a first name.
Hleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hleke occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hleke? popularity and diffusion
Hleke is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hleke live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Hleke is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 18 people.
The last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 812,539. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 47 percent live, Harare Province, where 42 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 5 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent live and Ethiopia, where 5 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
- 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 Hleke
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