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
Lekane is found most in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant: Lekané. For other possible spellings of Lekane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 215,704th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,827,493 people. The last name Lekane is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Lekane live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 39 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,767 people, or 1 in 11,754. In Cameroon Lekane is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found, West Region, where 33 percent are found and Centre Region, where 28 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Lekane Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lekane surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% registered with the political 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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