Lekhu Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Lekhu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 320 | 1:169,305 | 18,832 |
| Lesotho | 27 | 1:75,280 | 9,683 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Lekhu (1,766) may also be a first name.
Lekhu Demographics
Average Lekhu Salary in
South Africa
R 311,712
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lekhu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekhu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekhu (Hindi: लेखू, Marathi: लेखु, Oriya: େଲଖୁ) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lekhu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekhu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 778,856th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,020,731 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Lekhu live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lekhu is also the 182,133rd most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 1,766 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 320 people, or 1 in 169,305. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Free State, where 41 percent live, North West, where 39 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Other than South Africa it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 7 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Lekhu Last Name Statistics demography
Lekhu earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.17% more than the national average, earning R 311,712 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lekhu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lekhu in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲଖୁ | elakhu | - |
| Lekhu in the Marathi language | ||
| लेखु | lekhu | 80.36 |
| लेखू | lekhu | 19.64 |
| Lekhu in the Hindi language | ||
| लेखू | lekhu | 65.47 |
| लेखु | lekhu | 34.53 |
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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 Lekhu
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