Lekrim Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Lekrim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Lekrim Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania2021:20,2721,829
Algeria101:3,863,15547,113

Lekrim (84) may also be a first name.

Lekrim Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lekrim Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lekrim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekrim? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,136,896th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekrim reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 84 people.

The last name Lekrim is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 20,272. In Mauritania Lekrim is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 0 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lekrime9216/
Leyskrim861/
Lakrim831,018/
Lekrem833/
Likrim831/
Lekrimova804/
Lokreim7735/
Lackrim7714/
Lakhrim771/
Lokrheim7114/
Lockrem62574/
Lackrem622/
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Lekrim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lekrim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢlkrym81.25
ﺍﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢalkrym18.75

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lekrim
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