Lechgar Surname
Approximately 1,357 people bear this surname
Lechgar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,329 | 1:25,941 | 4,108 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Lechgar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lechgar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lechgar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﺸﻜﺮ) is most common in Morocco. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lechgar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 283,789th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,370,336 people. The surname Lechgar is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lechgar reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The last name Lechgar is most common in Morocco, where it is held by 1,329 people, or 1 in 25,941. Aside from Morocco this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lechgar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lechgar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﺸﻜﺮ | lshkr | 66.67 |
| ﻟﻜﺸﺎﺭ | lkshar | 11.11 |
| ﻟﺸﻘﺮ | lshqr | 11.11 |
| ﺷﻜﺮ | shkr | 11.11 |
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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
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- 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 Lechgar
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