Lekeni Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Lekeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 249 | 1:185,461 | 13,917 |
| Tanzania | 120 | 1:441,180 | 30,663 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lekeni (985) may also be a first name.
Lekeni Demographics
Lekeni Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lekeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekeni occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekeni? popularity and diffusion
Lekeni is the 722,496th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekeni reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lekeni is also the 256,678th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 985 people.
This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 185,461. In Kenya Lekeni is most common in: Kajiado County, where 99 percent reside, Makueni County, where 0 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 0 percent reside. Beside Kenya this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Lekeni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Lekeni
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