Lekalja Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lekalja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lekalja Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2211:208,95914,983
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Lekalja Demographics

Lekalja Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Lekalja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lekalja occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lekalja click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekalja? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lekalja is the 1,104,724th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekalja are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 208,959. In Kenya Lekalja is most prevalent in: Samburu County, where 96 percent live and Laikipia County, where 4 percent live.

Lekalja Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Lekalja surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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
Lekalesoi63430/
Liskaljet637/
Lekolaiya631/
Lakaleo571/
Lecalier5399/
Lecalsey5319/
Lescalie533/
Lescalié531/
Lescalier50421/
Lecallier50152/
Liscaljet5021/
Lecaillie5014/
Lecaillié503/
Lescaliez502/
Lekoeleha501/
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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 Lekalja
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