Lelau Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Lelau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 99 | 1:1,335,850 | 92,420 |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 1:36,252 | 7,281 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lelau (197) may also be a first name.
Lelau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lelau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lelau (Oriya: େଲଳଉ) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lelau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lelau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,666,404th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name Lelau occurs mostly in Asia, where 66 percent of Lelau live; 65 percent live in Southeast Asia and 65 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Lelau is also the 646,152nd most widely held first name on earth It is held by 197 people.
The last name Lelau is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 1,335,850. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Maluku, where 44 percent are found, Central Sulawesi, where 33 percent are found and Papua, where 22 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lelau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lelau in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲଳଉ | elala'u | - |
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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 Lelau
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