Lekys Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Lekys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lekys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lekys Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lekys is more commonly found in Lithuania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekys? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Lekys reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 63 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The last name Lekys is most common in Lithuania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 606,918. In Lithuania it is most common in: Telšiai County, where 80 percent live and Kaunas County, where 20 percent live. Other than Lithuania this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 13 percent live and Ukraine, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leikys914/
Leškys913/
Lekkeys831/
Lekes80113/
Lekis80108/
Leichkys775/
Leechkys774/
Leukes731,458/
Liekis73367/
Leakes73132/
Lekies73125/
Leikis7375/
Leekes7371/
Lekese7342/
Leukis7327/
Leckis7315/
Lekhes7313/
Leykis7312/
Leskes7312/
Leckes739/
Leyces738/
Lekesh737/
Lekeas737/
Leikes734/
Lekois734/
Leykes732/
Lekish731/
Likays731/
Likeys731/
Liekes731/
Lekise731/
Letkes730/
Lekesse6765/
Leakeas6737/
Lekisch6717/
Leszkis6714/
Lekishe6714/
Leyckes6714/
Laikysh6712/
Leshkis6710/
Lea'kes674/
Lesskis673/
Lekesch672/
Lekaise672/
Legkojs671/
Likayse671/
Liekhis671/
Leychis671/
Leickes671/
Legkijs671/
Leckese671/
Lekeshe671/
Leakesh671/
Leskois670/

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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 Lekys
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