Leketa Surname
Approximately 467 people bear this surname
Leketa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 222 | 1:9,156 | 2,068 |
| South Africa | 144 | 1:376,234 | 33,811 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Leketa (119) may also be a first name.
Leketa Demographics
Average Leketa Salary in
United States
$74,885 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leketa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leketa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leketa is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leketa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 648,005th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,605,023 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Leketa live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Leketa is also the 856,040th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 119 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is held by 222 people, or 1 in 9,156. In Lesotho it is most common in: Maseru District, where 27 percent are found, Quthing District, where 19 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 18 percent are found. Not including Lesotho it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 31 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.
Leketa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Leketa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 32.54% less than the national average, earning R 160,320 per year and in United States they earn 73.55% more than the national average, earning $74,885 USD 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 Leketa
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