Leekay Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Leekay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Leekay (10) may also be a first name.
Leekay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leekay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leekay is found most in Liberia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leekay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Leekay occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Leekay live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Leekay is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 10 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia Leekay is most frequent in: Bong County, where 86 percent live and Montserrado County, where 14 percent live. Outside of Liberia it occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 13 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 Leekay
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