Lele Surname
Approximately 28,832 people bear this surname
Lele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,872 | 1:130,631 | 8,378 |
| DR Congo | 4,337 | 1:17,035 | 2,128 |
| Indonesia | 4,148 | 1:31,883 | 3,752 |
| Cameroon | 3,345 | 1:6,209 | 752 |
| Nigeria | 1,778 | 1:99,630 | 6,785 |
| Egypt | 1,373 | 1:66,960 | 6,238 |
| Kenya | 1,011 | 1:45,677 | 4,727 |
| Romania | 784 | 1:25,610 | 3,247 |
| Niger | 704 | 1:27,261 | 1,579 |
| United States | 502 | 1:722,030 | 56,796 |
| Ivory Coast | 444 | 1:51,962 | 3,161 |
| Papua New Guinea | 443 | 1:18,406 | 1,852 |
| Hungary | 359 | 1:27,343 | 3,032 |
| Brazil | 351 | 1:609,898 | 22,713 |
| Uganda | 304 | 1:128,419 | 11,921 |
| Latvia | 302 | 1:6,788 | 943 |
| Vietnam | 286 | 1:323,937 | 1,185 |
| South Africa | 283 | 1:191,441 | 20,758 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Ukraine | 194 | 1:234,653 | 31,061 |
| Vanuatu | 157 | 1:1,677 | 485 |
| China | 117 | 1:11,686,509 | 705 |
| Tanzania | 109 | 1:485,703 | 32,780 |
| United Arab Emirates | 109 | 1:84,058 | 7,655 |
| France | 106 | 1:626,629 | 82,018 |
| Benin | 105 | 1:98,434 | 11,231 |
| Italy | 100 | 1:611,567 | 56,177 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Solomon Islands | 85 | 1:6,824 | 1,035 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Australia | 61 | 1:442,552 | 34,724 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| Belgium | 39 | 1:294,786 | 34,540 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| Greece | 34 | 1:325,876 | 46,418 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Mauritania | 33 | 1:124,087 | 7,273 |
| Serbia | 26 | 1:274,806 | 14,599 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| American Samoa | 11 | 1:5,069 | 1,123 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Lelé (19), Lelê (15), Lelè (1), Lélé (60), Lêlê (3), Léle (2) & Lêle (1) are calculated separately.
Lele (13,748) may also be a first name.
Lele Demographics
Average Lele Salary in
United States
$52,422 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lele (Georgian: ლელე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻞ, Hindi: लेले, Marathi: लेले, Oriya: େଲେଲ, Russian: Леле) is most common in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Lelé, Lelê, Lelè, Lélé, Lêlê, Léle or Lêle. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 19,067th most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 252,759 people. The surname Lele occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Lele are found; 26 percent are found in Central Africa and 25 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Lele is also the 49,269th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 13,748 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is held by 5,872 people, or 1 in 130,631. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 88 percent reside, Gujarat, where 2 percent reside and Karnataka, where 1 percent reside. Outside of India this surname exists in 110 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.
Lele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lele has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lele last name rose 4,564 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya, Christian (83%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Lele are 12.7% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 65.93% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lele earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.59% less than the national average, earning R 86,532 per year; in United States they earn 21.49% more than the national average, earning $52,422 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.03% less than the national average, earning $36,256 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lele in the Georgian language | ||
| ლელე | lele | - |
| Lele in the Hindi language | ||
| लेले | lele | - |
| Lele in the Marathi language | ||
| लेले | lele | 98.77 |
| लेळे | lele | 0.5 |
| ळेळे | lele | 0.2 |
| लेेले | leele | 0.07 |
| लेल | lela | 0.07 |
| लेले़ | lele | 0.03 |
| लाेळे | laele | 0.03 |
| लॆले | lele | 0.03 |
| लॅले | lele | 0.02 |
| Lele in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲେଲ | elela | 92.59 |
| େଲେଳ | elela | 7.41 |
| Lele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻞ | ll | 34.48 |
| ﺍﻟﻞ | all | 27.59 |
| ﻟﻼ | lla | 6.9 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻞ | alll | 6.9 |
| ﻻﻝ | lal | 3.45 |
| ﺍﻟﻼ | alla | 3.45 |
| ﺃﻟﻞ | all | 3.45 |
| ﻟﻠﻲ | lly | 3.45 |
| ﺍﻟﻠـــﻞ | alll | 3.45 |
| ﻟﻠﻪ | llh | 3.45 |
| ﺍﻟﻠــــﻞ | alll | 3.45 |
| Lele in the Russian language | ||
| Леле | lele | - |
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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
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