Lektam Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Lektam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Lektam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lektam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lektam is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lektam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lektam is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Lektam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lektam are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Lektam is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Lektam is primarily found in: Nasarawa, where 75 percent reside and Plateau, where 25 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Lektam is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lektham | 92 | 6 | / |
| Loktam | 83 | 373 | / |
| Laktam | 83 | 190 | / |
| Lectam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Laktham | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lakhtam | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lektang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lekhtan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lekthang | 71 | 6 | / |
| Lactam | 67 | 196 | / |
| Lekton | 67 | 8 | / |
| Legtan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Laqtam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Logtam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loktom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lectom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lectan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lictam | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lectome | 62 | 33 | / |
| Leaktong | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lyktanova | 53 | 18 | / |
| Leakthong | 53 | 1 | / |
| Lecthomme | 53 | 1 | / |
| Leigthand | 53 | 0 | / |
| Lecton | 50 | 76 | / |
| Logtom | 50 | 24 | / |
| Lictan | 50 | 15 | / |
| Legton | 50 | 6 | / |
| Ligtan | 50 | 5 | / |
| Lagtom | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Lektam
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