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 more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lelei.
How Common Is The Last Name Lelei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 54,390th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 779,083 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lelei are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 314,325th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 692 people.
The last name Lelei is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 8,985 people, or 1 in 5,140. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Uasin Gishu County, where 44 percent live, Nandi County, where 21 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 9 percent live. Not including Kenya it occurs 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 adherence of those holding the surname is principally 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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