Lekera Surname
Approximately 625 people bear this surname
Lekera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 601 | 1:28,484 | 4,289 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Lekera (102) may also be a first name.
Lekera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lekera (Oriya: େଲେକରା) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekera? popularity and diffusion
Lekera is the 520,629th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,660,073 people. The surname Lekera occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Lekera reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lekera is also the 935,178th most widely held first name globally, borne by 102 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 601 people, or 1 in 28,484. Outside of Malawi Lekera exists in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lekera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lekera in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲେକରା | elekara | - |
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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
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- 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 Lekera
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