Lekea Surname
Approximately 587 people bear this surname
Lekea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 419 | 1:93,173 | 9,573 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Lekea (42) may also be a first name.
Lekea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekea occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 545,543rd most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,414,899 people. The surname Lekea is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Lekea live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 42 people.
Lekea is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 419 people, or 1 in 93,173. In Uganda Lekea is mostly concentrated in: Adjumani District, where 62 percent are found, Moyo District, where 32 percent are found and Amuru District, where 3 percent are found. Beside Uganda it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found and Greece, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Lekea
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