Lelei Surname
Approximately 9,354 people bear this surname
Lelei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8,985 | 1:5,140 | 720 |
| Nigeria | 236 | 1:750,605 | 34,037 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| American Samoa | 17 | 1:3,280 | 753 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Lelei (692) may also be a first name.
Lelei Demographics
Average Lelei Salary in
United States
$33,404 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lelei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lelei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lelei (Oriya: େଲେଲଇ) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lelei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 54,390th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 779,083 people. The surname Lelei is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lelei live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 314,325th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 692 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 8,985 people, or 1 in 5,140. In Kenya Lelei is most numerous in: Uasin Gishu County, where 44 percent live, Nandi County, where 21 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 9 percent live. Other than Kenya it is found in 28 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Lelei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (99%) in Kenya.
Lelei earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.58% less than the national average, earning $33,404 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lelei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lelei in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲେଲଇ | elela'i | - |
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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 Lelei
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