Lekealem Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Lekealem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lekealem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon921:225,75122,624
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827

Lekealem Last Name Facts

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

Lekealem is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lekealem click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekealem? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,871,545th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Lekealem live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 225,751. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 88 percent live, West Region, where 8 percent live and Northwest Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent live.

Lekealem Last Name Statistics demography

Lekealem earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lekelem9363/
Lekalem931/
Lekeulem88297/
Leukelem881/
Leklem8629/
Likealeme821/
Leukeulem821/
Lokelem8051/
Lakalem801/
Lakeulem752/
Lekehelm751/
Lekalime751/
Lecalme6725/
Lokelim671/
Lokilem671/
Lokilim5325/

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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 Lekealem
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