Lekela Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Lekela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Tanzania | 43 | 1:1,231,200 | 46,608 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Lekela (38) may also be a first name.
Lekela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lekela (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻜﻼﻩ) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lekela.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekela? popularity and diffusion
Lekela is the 1,267,784th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname Lekela is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekela are found; 73 percent are found in Central Africa and 73 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 38 people.
This last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 600,647. Beside The DR Congo Lekela is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 24 percent live and The Congo, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lekela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lekela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻜﻼﻩ | allklah | - |
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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 Lekela
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