Lekebir Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Lekebir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lekebir Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania131:314,98913,616
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379

Lekebir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lekebir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻜﺒﻴﺮ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekebir? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekebir live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania Lekebir is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 92 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 28 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leckebir9312/
Lekebire932/
Lakebir866/
Lekibir861/
Lekeber861/
Lakabir712/
Lekever711/
Lokobir711/
Lakhabir675/
Lekeever671/
Leekemper631/
Laqueber531/
Loecaber530/
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Lekebir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lekebir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻟﻜﺒﻴﺮlkbyr75
ﺍﻟﻜﺪﻳﺮalkdyr25

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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
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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 Lekebir
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