Leckford Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Leckford Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leckford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Leckford (28) may also be a first name.

Leckford Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leckford Come From? nationality or country of origin

Leckford is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leckford? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,504,764th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Leckford reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 28 people.

The last name Leckford is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Outside of Malawi this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lackford88250/
Lockford8810/
Luckford889/
Lickford886/
Leckfrod881/
Leechford829/
Lakford8014/
Legford804/
Lukford800/
Luchford75150/
Lockfort7526/
Laukford752/
Lawkford752/
Lakeford751/
Lookford750/
Lachford750/
Lecaforte714/
Lyckefrid712/
Lagford677/
Lkfreda671/
Logford671/
Liekfert630/

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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 Leckford
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