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

The surname Lekealem is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekealem? popularity and diffusion

Lekealem is the 1,871,545th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. Lekealem occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Lekealem are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Lekealem is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 225,751. In Cameroon Lekealem is most common in: Southwest Region, where 88 percent are found, West Region, where 8 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found.

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
  • 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 Lekealem
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