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
Leleji is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leleji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 436,668th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,271,687 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Leleji are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Leleji is also the 986,211th most prevalent forename world-wide, held by 93 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 771 people, or 1 in 229,757. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 74 percent are found, Bauchi, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found 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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