Lekala Surname
Approximately 4,023 people bear this surname
Lekala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,770 | 1:14,371 | 1,812 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Lesotho | 32 | 1:63,517 | 8,935 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Lekala (79) may also be a first name.
Lekala Demographics
Average Lekala Salary in
South Africa
R 153,552
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lekala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lekala (Marathi: लेकला, Oriya: େଲକଲା) is found most in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 114,875th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,811,471 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Lekala live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 79 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 3,770 people, or 1 in 14,371. In South Africa Lekala is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 48 percent live, Gauteng, where 31 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 14 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Lekala Last Name Statistics demography
Lekala earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.38% less than the national average, earning R 153,552 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lekala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lekala in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲକଲା | elakala | - |
| Lekala in the Marathi language | ||
| लेकला | lekala | - |
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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 Lekala
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