Lekden Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Lekden Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lekden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria421:4,217,685117,088
Bhutan51:123,208891
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Lekden (93) may also be a first name.

Lekden Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lekden Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lekden (Tibetan: ལེགས་ལྡན།) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekden? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,718,172nd most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Lekden occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Lekden reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lekden is also the 986,211th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 93 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria it is most common in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Bhutan, where 10 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lokden83310/
Legden83235/
Lakdaen778/
Lackden776/
Lekding771/
Lhakden771/
Leingden710/
Lagden67706/
Ligden6745/
Legdin6714/
Lakdin678/
Legdem671/
Lokdin671/
Logden671/
Lagdaen626/
Ligdn551/
Leqdim5010/
Lägdén505/
Legdim503/
Lagdin501/
Lögdin501/

Lekden Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lekden in the Tibetan language
ལེགས་ལྡན།lekden47.06
ལེགས་ལྡན་lekden38.24
ལེགས་ལྡེན་lekden2.94
ལས་སྒྲོན་lédrön2.94
ལེགས་ལྡན་།lekden2.94
ལོགས་ལྡན།lokden2.94
ལེགས་དན།lekden2.94

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lekden
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