Leelah Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Leelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 177 | 1:7,307 | 1,515 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20 | 1:68,199 | 5,276 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Leelah (143) may also be a first name.
Leelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leelah is borne by more people in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leelah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,115,011th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Leelah live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. It is also the 772,378th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 143 people.
The surname Leelah is most commonly used in Mauritius, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 7,307. In Mauritius Leelah is most frequent in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 97 percent reside, Moka District, where 2 percent reside and Rivière Noire District, where 1 percent reside. Not including Mauritius Leelah occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Trinidad and Tobago, where 9 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leilah | 83 | 178 | / |
| Leoela | 83 | 167 | / |
| Lehela | 83 | 146 | / |
| Leaela | 83 | 14 | / |
| Lealah | 83 | 7 | / |
| Leeila | 83 | 1 | / |
| Laeela | 83 | 1 | / |
| Leeyla | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lehella | 77 | 423 | / |
| Lehilah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Leillah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leyiela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lyela | 73 | 1,505 | / |
| Leola | 73 | 622 | / |
| Liela | 73 | 213 | / |
| Leula | 73 | 78 | / |
| Lehola | 67 | 654 | / |
| Lohela | 67 | 395 | / |
| Leohla | 67 | 161 | / |
| Leolea | 67 | 24 | / |
| Leolay | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lijela | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lehala | 67 | 5 | / |
| Leuila | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lahela | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lielay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liella | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leolla | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lieila | 67 | 3 | / |
| Leulai | 67 | 2 | / |
| La'ealaha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leoila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lielia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leolia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laolah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyoela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leaila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leahla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laaela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lielga | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Leelah
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