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
The surname Leelah is more commonly found in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leelah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,115,011th most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Leelah reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean. Leelah is also the 772,378th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 143 people.
This last name is most frequent in Mauritius, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 7,307. In Mauritius it is primarily concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 97 percent live, Moka District, where 2 percent live and Rivière Noire District, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritius this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Trinidad and Tobago, where 9 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.
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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