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

Lekys is found most in Lithuania. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lekys click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekys? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Lekys occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Lekys are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 63 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

Lekys is most frequent in Lithuania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 606,918. In Lithuania Lekys is most common in: Telšiai County, where 80 percent are found and Kaunas County, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Lithuania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 13 percent are found and Ukraine, where 13 percent are found.

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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