Leikes Surname
8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa
Leikes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Leikes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leikes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leikes is found most frequently in South Africa. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leikes? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Leikes occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Leikes live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. Apart from South Africa it exists in one country. It is also found in Argentina, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Leikes
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