Lekhou Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Lekhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Lekhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekhou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﺨﻮ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekhou? popularity and diffusion
Lekhou is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekhou live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania Lekhou is most common in: Trarza Region, where 67 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 17 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 17 percent live. Excluding Mauritania Lekhou occurs in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lekhou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lekhou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﺨﻮ | lkhw | - |
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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 Lekhou
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