Lekuwa Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Lekuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Lekuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lekuwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekuwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Lekuwa reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 79 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Jigawa, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 36 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leikuwa | 92 | 8 | / |
| Lekeuwa | 92 | 3 | / |
| Lekauwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lekuwai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lekouwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lekgauwa | 86 | 47 | / |
| Likuwa | 83 | 1,412 | / |
| Lokuwa | 83 | 227 | / |
| Lakuwa | 83 | 47 | / |
| Lakhuwa | 77 | 279 | / |
| Lekouba | 77 | 203 | / |
| Lyakuwa | 77 | 36 | / |
| Liakuwa | 77 | 27 | / |
| Hlekiwa | 77 | 14 | / |
| Lakuwai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lokauwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Likhuwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Likguwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leikiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lekhoewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Likuwo | 67 | 136 | / |
| Lekowe | 67 | 128 | / |
| Lokuwo | 67 | 117 | / |
| Likuwe | 67 | 40 | / |
| Lakiwa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Likiwa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lekuby | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lekubi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Likuva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lekiva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lakuva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Likuwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lokuva | 67 | 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 Lekuwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis