Lekhlif Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Lekhlif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lekhlif Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Mauritania51:818,97323,459

Lekhlif Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lekhlif Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lekhlif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﺨﻠﻴﻒ) is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekhlif? popularity and diffusion

Lekhlif is the 1,295,379th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname Lekhlif is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekhlif are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Mahgreb.

This surname is most frequent in Morocco, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 202,801. Besides Morocco Lekhlif is found in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lekhlife933/
Lekhlef86372/
Lakhlif8616/
Lakhlifh801/
Leklib774/
Lakhlef711,506/
Lechlef717/
Leclef62422/
Lekleb621/
Leeklew571/
Leekleaw534/
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Lekhlif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lekhlif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻟﺨﻠﻴﻒlkhlyf-

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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 Lekhlif
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