Lekadou Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Lekadou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lekadou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1661:138,9836,619
France91:7,380,302306,885
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

The alternate forms: Lékadou (2) are calculated separately.

Lekadou (36) may also be a first name.

Lekadou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lekadou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lekadou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Lékadou. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lekadou.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekadou? popularity and diffusion

Lekadou is the 1,272,314th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 41 percent of Lekadou are found; 41 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lekadou is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 36 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 138,983. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 55 percent are found, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 37 percent are found and Lagunes District, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lékadou952/
Lekado921/
Lecadou86304/
Likadou861/
Lekgadu861/
Likado77109/
Lekada7791/
Lekodo774/
Lekodu771/
Lecado771/
Lekadaa711,081/
Lekgada7123/
Lekhada715/
Lekouda713/
Lekeada711/
Lescado711/
Lecados711/
Lezcado711/
Lekhaday67125/
Lekhadaa675/
Legkoduh672/
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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 Lekadou
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