Lekeme Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Lekeme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 36 | 1:56,460 | 8,384 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lekeme (11) may also be a first name.
Lekeme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekeme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lekeme is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekeme? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekeme live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lekeme is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 11 people.
It is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 56,460. In Lesotho Lekeme is most numerous in: Maseru District, where 92 percent are found and Berea District, where 8 percent are found. Besides Lesotho this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Lekeme
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