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 borne by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lechgar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 283,789th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,370,336 people. It occurs predominantly 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 prevalent in Morocco, where it is borne by 1,329 people, or 1 in 25,941. Not including Morocco it occurs 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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