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 last name Leelah is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Leelah.
How Common Is The Last Name Leelah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leelah is the 1,115,011th most numerous family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. Leelah 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. Leelah is also the 772,378th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 143 people.
The last name Leelah is most widespread in Mauritius, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 7,307. In Mauritius it is most numerous in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 97 percent live, Moka District, where 2 percent live and Rivière Noire District, where 1 percent live. Outside of 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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