Leleji Surname
Approximately 786 people bear this surname
Leleji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 771 | 1:229,757 | 13,446 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Leleji (93) may also be a first name.
Leleji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leleji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leleji occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leleji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 436,668th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,271,687 people. The last name Leleji occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Leleji reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 986,211th most frequently used forename in the world, held by 93 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 771 people, or 1 in 229,757. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 74 percent are found, Bauchi, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Leleji
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