Lekara Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Lekara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Lekara (287) may also be a first name.
Lekara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekara (Bengali: লেকরা, Hindi: लेकरा, Oriya: େଲକରା) is most common in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,310,135th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Lekara reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 522,011th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 287 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 1,405,895. In Nigeria Lekara is most numerous in: Rivers, where 90 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent live and Abia, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lekara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lekara in the Bengali language | ||
| লেকরা | lekara | - |
| Lekara in the Hindi language | ||
| लेकरा | lekara | - |
| Lekara in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲକରା | elakara | 94.74 |
| ଇୁେଲକରା | iuelakara | 5.26 |
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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 Lekara
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