Leukes Surname

267,807th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Leukes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leukes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,3941:38,8655,001
Namibia511:47,2435,945
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Leukes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leukes Come From? nationality or country of origin

Leukes is most common in South Africa. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leukes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leukes is the 267,807th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,998,317 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Leukes live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,394 people, or 1 in 38,865. In South Africa Leukes is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 56 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 31 percent are found and Gauteng, where 7 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 3 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Leukes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Leukes has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Leukes Last Name Statistics demography

Leukes earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 6.93% more than the national average, earning R 254,112 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lukes913,737/
Lekes91113/
Loukes83438/
Lukesh83352/
Lukkes83348/
Lukies83263/
Lukeis83236/
Lukese83213/
Leques83195/
Luckes83178/
Leakes83132/
Lekies83125/
Laukes8379/
Leekes8371/
Llukes8359/
Luikes8352/
Lekese8342/
Leukis8327/
Lukeas8319/
Lukesz8318/
Lutkes8314/
Lekhes8313/
Leskes8312/
Leckes839/
Lekeas837/
Lekesh837/
Leikes834/
Luykes833/
Lukeus832/
Leykes832/
Liekes831/
Laekes831/
Lukess831/
Luukes831/
Letkes830/
Luekes830/
Leuces830/
Leukesová801/
Lukesch77564/
Lequest7770/
Lekesse7765/
Louckes7745/
Leakeas7737/
Luckese7728/
Laukesh7727/
Luikies7717/
Luckies7716/
Leyckes7714/
Lecques7710/
Laeckes777/
Loukeas775/
Lea'kes774/
Luckeis773/
Leiques773/
Lekesch772/
Luckesh771/
Luckeys771/
Lueckes771/
Loukesh771/
Lauckes771/
Lleques771/
Lukeshe771/
Leickes771/
Leckese771/
Lekkeys771/
Lekeshe771/
Leakesh771/
Lukeash770/
Luces7314,543/
Lakes733,975/
Lukeš732,734/
Lykes731,173/
Lokes73690/
Lukis73491/
Lekeš73387/
Likes73286/
Leces73112/
Lekis73108/
Lukez7355/
Lökes7355/
Lukys7312/
Lekys738/
Lukeś732/
Lukesová71354/
Lukesova7141/
Luckiesh7129/
Lucckese7120/
Lekesova7110/
Lezsques711/
Lequesse711/
Lucketts710/
Lokesh673,512/
Luques673,180/
Liekis67367/
Loukis67349/
Lokese67301/
Loques67261/
Lickes67195/
Leches67189/
Liques67158/
Lakies67156/
Lukish67140/
Likese67137/
Laukys67114/
Luices67110/
Luches6791/
Lockes6784/
Lakesh6782/
Leikis6775/
Lackes6754/
Laakes6745/
Laques6745/
Lleces6732/
Lukysh6728/
Laukis6721/
Lucess6721/
Liskes6721/
Lequis6721/
Lokies6718/
Luckys6717/
Lakees6715/
Leckis6715/
Liukis6715/
Leykis6712/
Likesh6712/
Luckis6712/
Leucis6712/
Lukeszová6711/
Lakeus6710/
Lukais679/
Lakesz678/
Leyces678/
Lukiss677/
Lequez677/
Lokets676/
Leckesova676/
Lukhis676/
Luckez675/
Lukois675/
Lukios674/
Lekois674/
Lakeis674/
Leikys674/
Lequex673/
Luikis673/
Leškys673/
Lukech673/
Lucces673/
Lookes672/
Lakhes672/
Laukès672/
Lejacques672/
Lakess672/
Lekish671/
Likeus671/
Lukece671/
Luketz671/
Loykes671/
Likess671/
Likeys671/
Lakoes671/
Lykets671/
Lukisz671/
Lekise671/
Lauces671/
Lekech671/
Lukuis671/
Lukhetshe671/
Leqese671/
Laykes670/
Lakese670/
Lykeus670/
Lutkis670/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Leukes
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