Leko Surname
Approximately 15,893 people bear this surname
Leko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 7,310 | 1:2,625 | 273 |
| Indonesia | 2,144 | 1:61,683 | 6,740 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,095 | 1:1,688 | 262 |
| DR Congo | 1,231 | 1:60,016 | 7,159 |
| Nigeria | 738 | 1:240,031 | 13,941 |
| Croatia | 605 | 1:6,989 | 1,068 |
| United States | 346 | 1:1,047,569 | 76,686 |
| Congo | 316 | 1:15,788 | 1,923 |
| Papua New Guinea | 154 | 1:52,946 | 6,689 |
| Serbia | 150 | 1:47,633 | 4,697 |
| Cameroon | 149 | 1:139,390 | 15,562 |
| Ivory Coast | 94 | 1:245,439 | 9,826 |
| Uganda | 64 | 1:609,989 | 32,257 |
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Russia | 52 | 1:2,771,597 | 154,559 |
| Liberia | 44 | 1:100,194 | 7,994 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Albania | 26 | 1:112,079 | 10,267 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 | 1:30,528 | 6,049 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
The alternate forms: Léko (56) & Lékó (214) are calculated separately.
Leko (3,388) may also be a first name.
Leko Demographics
Average Leko Salary in
United States
$46,097 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leko (Georgian: ლეკო, Marathi: लेको, Oriya: େଲକ, Russian: Леко, Tibetan: ལས་སྐོ།) occurs most in Niger. It can also appear in the variant forms: Léko or Lékó. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leko? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 33,428th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 458,538 people. The surname Leko occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Leko reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Leko is also the 122,397th most common forename world-wide, borne by 3,388 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 7,310 people, or 1 in 2,625. In Niger Leko is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 75 percent live, Maradi Region, where 24 percent live and Diffa Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Niger this surname is found in 67 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 13 percent live.
Leko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Leko surname is principally Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Leko last name are 5.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.46% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Leko earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 18.17% less than the national average, earning 283,200 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.83% more than the national average, earning $46,097 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.95% more than the national average, earning $52,144 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leko in the Georgian language | ||
| ლეკო | leko | - |
| Leko in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲକ | elaka | - |
| Leko in the Marathi language | ||
| लेको | leko | - |
| Leko in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལས་སྐོ། | léko | 33.33 |
| ལས་ཀོ། | léko | 33.33 |
| ལེགས་སྐོ། | lekko | 33.33 |
| Leko in the Russian language | ||
| Леко | leko | - |
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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 Leko
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