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:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 545,543rd most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,414,899 people. It occurs predominantly 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 frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 42 people.
This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 419 people, or 1 in 93,173. In Uganda Lekea is most common in: Adjumani District, where 62 percent reside, Moyo District, where 32 percent reside and Amuru District, where 3 percent reside. Besides Uganda this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Greece, where 5 percent reside.
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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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