Lekalanga Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Lekalanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lekalanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Lekalanga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lekalanga is held by more people in The Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekalanga? popularity and diffusion

Lekalanga is the 8,968,613th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Lekalanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Lekalanga are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,494,548. In The Congo it is mostly found in: Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 50 percent reside and Plateaux Department, where 50 percent reside. Other than The Congo Lekalanga occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 25 percent reside and Tanzania, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lekhatlanga903/
Lokalanga89109/
Likalanga8971/
Lekalongoa844/
Lekolana822/
Likalango78198/
Lokalango7834/
Lokelanga781/
Lokolanga781/
Lekhotlana744/
Laaikalana741/
Lokolonga67303/
Likolonga67122/
Lokolango6727/
Localonga6727/
Likalagou671/
Lokolongo56115/
Likolongo5631/

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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 Lekalanga
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