Lefkas Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Lefkas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 105 | 1:105,522 | 17,739 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Lefkas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lefkas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lefkas is held by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lefkas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,736,881st most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Lefkas live; 95 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 105,522. In Greece Lefkas is most prevalent in: Central Macedonia, where 59 percent are found, Epirus, where 35 percent are found and Ionian Islands, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Greece this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lefka | 91 | 42 | / |
| Lafkas | 83 | 303 | / |
| Lefkos | 83 | 96 | / |
| Lefkay | 83 | 14 | / |
| Lefkai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Laffkas | 77 | 21 | / |
| Lifka | 73 | 764 | / |
| Lefko | 73 | 596 | / |
| Levka | 73 | 141 | / |
| Lefca | 73 | 27 | / |
| Lefká | 73 | 13 | / |
| Lewka | 73 | 10 | / |
| Lyfka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leffkatz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hlewka | 67 | 64 | / |
| Hlifka | 67 | 56 | / |
| Hlevka | 67 | 42 | / |
| Lefkou | 67 | 39 | / |
| Levkau | 67 | 6 | / |
| Levkha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Levcka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lifkay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lebcas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lefqah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlebka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lefkot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lowkas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lewcas | 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
- 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 Lefkas
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