Lekuku Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lekuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lekuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1711:316,82930,013
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Lekuku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lekuku occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekuku? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,244,200th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lekuku live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 316,829. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Northern Cape, where 43 percent are found, North West, where 39 percent are found and Gauteng, where 13 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 2 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.

Lekuku Last Name Statistics demography

Lekuku earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.61% more than the national average, earning R 398,316 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lekukuu92383/
Llekuku921/
Lekaukau86114/
Lekhukhu861/
Lekoukou861/
Likuku83815/
Lokuku83206/
Lakuku8331/
Lekiku832/
Leqhuku773/
Lekikuh771/
Hlakuku771/
Lakoukou718/
Lokoukou711/
Lecoku671/
Lekokou621/
Lekoekoe57262/
Lecuscus576/
Likoku50357/
Licucu5014/
Locucu501/
Licoku501/
Lokiku501/

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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 Lekuku
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