Lekeju Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Lekeju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Lekeju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekeju Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lekeju is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lekeju.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekeju? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Lekeju occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekeju reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Manyara Region, where 80 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 20 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lekeaju | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lekedjou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lekedjeu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lekieu | 83 | 6 | / |
| Lekoju | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lekjau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lokeju | 83 | 1 | / |
| Likeju | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lekaeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lakkeju | 77 | 7 | / |
| Lekechu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lekgeyu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lekezeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lekiu | 73 | 10 | / |
| Lekeuzeu | 71 | 17 | / |
| Lekeazeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leskiu | 67 | 24 | / |
| Lechedjeu | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lakeou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lekizu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lekiou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lajkju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lakkju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lekicheux | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lekeju
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