Lekwa Surname

199,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,098 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Lekwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lekwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5251:116,1597,693
DR Congo2531:292,01426,830
South Africa1401:386,98434,477
United States861:4,214,639225,501
Nepal361:791,1385,397
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
England51:11,143,612252,590
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Lekwa (676) may also be a first name.

Lekwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lekwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 199,116th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,473,568 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Lekwa reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lekwa is also the 318,733rd most widespread first name internationally, held by 676 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,525 people, or 1 in 116,159. In Nigeria Lekwa is primarily found in: Abia, where 63 percent reside, Rivers, where 9 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Lekwa occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.

Lekwa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lekwa surname are 12.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.82% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lekwa earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 30.8% more than the national average, earning R 310,836 per year and in United States they earn 12.94% less than the national average, earning $37,567 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hlekwa91161/
Leakwa9133/
Lekwai9129/
Lekwua9111/
Leukwa9111/
Lekhwa916/
Lekwas913/
Lekwau912/
Lekwah911/
Leakway8346/
Leckway835/
Leekwai832/
Lekwach831/
Liekway830/
Leekway830/
Lokwa8026,657/
Lakwa80965/
Likwa80327/
Lekua80189/
Lekwe80149/
Legwa8016/
Leqwa804/
Lekwo802/
Lecwa801/
Lekgwath774/
Hlekwayd771/
Hlokwa73256/
Liegwa73180/
Likwea73148/
Legwai73113/
Lakway7389/
Likwai7387/
Lakwai7376/
Leukwe7331/
Legkwo7326/
Leekua7323/
Likwas7320/
Lackwa7319/
Likhwa7317/
Legway7315/
Lokwai7311/
Leakwe739/
Lakwau738/
Hlekwe737/
Lekwee735/
Lokkwa734/
Leukwi734/
Hlegwa734/
Lokway732/
Lockwa732/
Lekwoh732/
Leugwa732/
Lakwaj732/
Lokwaa731/
Lekwoi731/
Likwat731/
Liekwe731/
Leegwa731/
Leigwa731/
Lekwei731/
Lekwui731/
Likway731/
Lhokwa731/
Lekgua731/
Leckwatch7116/
Likwaya67443/
Lockway6737/
Laikhwa6735/
Leckwee6733/
Leckwot673/
Hlokgwa671/
Lekuaat671/
Loikwaa671/
Likwaja671/
Lackway670/

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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 Lekwa
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