Lekana Surname
Approximately 365 people bear this surname
Lekana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 186 | 1:26,823 | 2,879 |
| South Africa | 101 | 1:536,413 | 42,583 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Solomon Islands | 21 | 1:27,620 | 5,477 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lekana (93) may also be a first name.
Lekana Demographics
Average Lekana Salary in
South Africa
R 549,228
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lekana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lekana (Oriya: େଲକଣା) is found most in The Congo. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 777,192nd most numerous last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 19,965,879 people. The last name Lekana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Lekana are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 986,211th most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 93 people.
The surname is most widespread in The Congo, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 26,823. In The Congo it is most prevalent in: Brazzaville Department, where 97 percent live, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 2 percent live and Pointe-Noire Department, where 1 percent live. Beside The Congo this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 28 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Lekana Last Name Statistics demography
Lekana earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 131.12% more than the national average, earning R 549,228 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lekana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lekana in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲକଣା | elakana | - |
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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 Lekana
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