Lekam Surname
Approximately 1,899 people bear this surname
Lekam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,676 | 1:105,694 | 7,098 |
| Algeria | 102 | 1:378,741 | 33,117 |
| India | 80 | 1:9,588,317 | 188,446 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lekam (813) may also be a first name.
Lekam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekam (Hindi: लेकाम, Marathi: लेकाम) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lekam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 216,168th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,837,570 people. The last name Lekam is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Lekam reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lekam is also the 286,673rd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 813 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,676 people, or 1 in 105,694. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 87 percent live, Lagos, where 3 percent live and Rivers, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria Lekam occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 5 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lekam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lekam in the Marathi language | ||
| लेकाम | lekama | - |
| Lekam in the Hindi language | ||
| लेकाम | lekama | 85.71 |
| लेकम | lekama | 14.29 |
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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 Lekam
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