Lekaleka Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Lekaleka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 132 | 1:401,073 | 28,352 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
Lekaleka (14) may also be a first name.
Lekaleka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekaleka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekaleka has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekaleka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lekaleka is the 973,426th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. The last name Lekaleka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekaleka are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
The last name Lekaleka is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 401,073. In Tanzania Lekaleka is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 99 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 39 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 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 Lekaleka
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