Lekova Surname
Approximately 883 people bear this surname
Lekova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 611 | 1:11,422 | 1,251 |
| Russia | 187 | 1:770,712 | 63,938 |
| North Macedonia | 23 | 1:91,368 | 8,238 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
The alternate forms: Leková (4) & Léková (23) are calculated separately.
Lekova (74) may also be a first name.
Lekova Demographics
Lekova Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Lekova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekova Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lekova (Russian: Лекова) occurs in Bulgaria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Leková or Léková. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekova? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 398,612th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 8,253,166 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Lekova are found; 72 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 71 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Lekova is also the 1,125,792nd most widely held first name in the world, held by 74 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 611 people, or 1 in 11,422. In Bulgaria Lekova is most frequent in: Sofia City Province, where 39 percent live, Sofia Province, where 8 percent live and Plovdiv Province, where 7 percent live. Barring Bulgaria this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 21 percent live and North Macedonia, where 3 percent live.
Lekova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Lekova surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
Lekova earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 67.07% less than the national average, earning $14,208 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lekova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lekova in the Russian language | ||
| Лекова | lekova | - |
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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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- 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 Lekova
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