Leken Surname
Approximately 606 people bear this surname
Leken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 561 | 1:82,317 | 7,574 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Lekén (6) are calculated separately.
Leken (241) may also be a first name.
Leken Demographics
Leken Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Leken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leken (Oriya: େଲେକନ) occurs most in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms: Lekén. For other potential spellings of Leken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leken? popularity and diffusion
The last name Leken is the 532,873rd most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 12,025,653 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Leken are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Leken is also the 575,894th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 241 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 561 people, or 1 in 82,317. In Kenya Leken is most frequent in: Samburu County, where 45 percent live, Kajiado County, where 26 percent live and Narok County, where 18 percent live. Beside Kenya Leken is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Leken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Leken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Leken surname decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leken Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Leken surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leken in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲେକନ | elekana | - |
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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 Leken
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