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
Lekhou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﺨﻮ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekhou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekhou are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 67 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 17 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 17 percent live. Not including Mauritania Lekhou is found in one country. It is also found 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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