Lekene Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Lekene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 146 | 1:1,213,307 | 48,905 |
| Cameroon | 133 | 1:156,158 | 17,045 |
| South Africa | 96 | 1:564,351 | 43,987 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lekene (55) may also be a first name.
Lekene Demographics
Average Lekene Salary in
South Africa
R 80,988
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lekene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lekene is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lekene.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 723,769th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lekene reside; 36 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 55 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 1,213,307. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Niger, where 100 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside and South Africa, where 24 percent reside.
Lekene Last Name Statistics demography
Lekene earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.92% less than the national average, earning R 80,988 per year.
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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 Lekene
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