Lekane Surname
Approximately 1,904 people bear this surname
Lekane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,767 | 1:11,754 | 1,583 |
| Belgium | 85 | 1:135,255 | 19,444 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Lekané (2) are calculated separately.
Lekane (39) may also be a first name.
Lekane Demographics
Average Lekane Salary in
United States
$38,183 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lekane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekane has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be found as: Lekané. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 215,704th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,827,493 people. Lekane is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Lekane reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Lekane is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 39 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,767 people, or 1 in 11,754. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent live, West Region, where 33 percent live and Centre Region, where 28 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Lekane Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lekane surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% being registered with the party.
The amount Lekane earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.22% less than the national average, earning R 82,656 per year and in United States they earn 11.51% less than the national average, earning $38,183 USD per year.
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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 Lekane
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