Lealem Surname
Approximately 4,032 people bear this surname
Lealem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,024 | 1:24,241 | 3,065 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lealem (7,156) may also be a first name.
Lealem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lealem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lealem occurs most in Ethiopia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lealem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 114,629th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,807,427 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lealem are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Lealem is also the 76,520th most common first name in the world, borne by 7,156 people.
The surname Lealem is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,024 people, or 1 in 24,241. Outside of Ethiopia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 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 Lealem
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