Lekyelesh Surname

187,580th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Lekyelesh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lekyelesh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia2,2541:43,2774,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lekyelesh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lekyelesh is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Lekyelesh click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekyelesh? popularity and diffusion

It is the 187,580th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,231,728 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekyelesh are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa.

Lekyelesh is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,254 people, or 1 in 43,277. Other than Ethiopia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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 Lekyelesh
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