Lelakane Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lelakane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lelakane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1551:13,1132,903
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Lelakane (13) may also be a first name.

Lelakane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lelakane occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Lelakane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lelakane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lelakane is the 1,398,030th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lelakane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lelakane is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 13,113. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Maseru District, where 63 percent reside, Berea District, where 31 percent reside and Leribe District, where 3 percent reside. Not including Lesotho it is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Lelakane
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