Lekwery Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Lekwery Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Lekwéry (29) are calculated separately.
Lekwery Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekwery Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekwery (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻜﻮﻳﺮﻱ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Lekwéry. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekwery? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Lekwery is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Lekwery live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 194,993. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 43 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 38 percent live and Adrar Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lekwéry | 95 | 29 | / |
| Lekweiry | 93 | 1,326 | / |
| Lekweïry | 93 | 11 | / |
| Lekweyry | 93 | 3 | / |
| Lekhweiry | 88 | 3 | / |
| Lekhweïry | 88 | 1 | / |
| Leckweiry | 88 | 1 | / |
| Lekweri | 86 | 32 | / |
| Lekwory | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lekweiri | 80 | 442 | / |
| Likweiry | 80 | 34 | / |
| Lekweyri | 80 | 33 | / |
| Lekwairy | 80 | 21 | / |
| Lekwéiry | 80 | 16 | / |
| Lekweïri | 80 | 12 | / |
| Loekweri | 80 | 5 | / |
| Lakweiry | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lekwoiry | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lekweire | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lekgwere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Likhweiry | 75 | 6 | / |
| Loekweree | 75 | 5 | / |
| Lekwairry | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lekhweiri | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lekweirei | 75 | 1 | / |
| L'Ekweiri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leckweiri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lehkweyri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lekhweire | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lek'weiri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lekwari | 71 | 60 | / |
| Lekwéri | 71 | 42 | / |
| Lokweri | 71 | 5 | / |
| Lekware | 71 | 3 | / |
| Likweri | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lekwiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Legwere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lekgware | 67 | 44 | / |
| Likweiri | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lekoueri | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lekwairi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lekwayri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lekgwari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leukwari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lekwéyri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lekwarie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lekwoiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lokweiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loekwari | 67 | 1 | / |
Lekwery Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lekwery in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻜﻮﻳﺮﻱ | lkwyry | 94.12 |
| ﻟﻜﻮﻳﺮﻯ | lkwyry | 5.88 |
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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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- 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 Lekwery
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