Likem Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Likem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Likem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Likem (44) may also be a first name.

Likem Last Name Facts

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

Likem (Oriya: ଲିେକମ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Likem? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Likem live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Likem is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 44 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 71 percent reside, Edo, where 14 percent reside and Ondo, where 14 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Likeme91140/
Leikem9130/
Laikem9118/
Lickem911/
Luikem911/
Likeum911/
Leikeim8361/
Leickem8313/
Luikhem831/
Lieckem830/
Lekem8083/
Likim8054/
Likym806/
Lukem801/
Leikheim7757/
Lekeme7342/
Lichem7336/
Likhim7327/
Laikim7326/
Lekhem739/
Lekiem737/
Lekeum734/
Laicem733/
Likime733/
Likiom732/
Lekeim731/
Likaim731/
Luckem731/
Lekkem731/
Lykkem731/
Leskem731/
Liskim730/
Leickheim710/
Leikhim6729/
Lekheem675/
Lekkhem675/
Lekhiem674/
Lekheme672/
Likhimm672/
Laikime671/
Lequiem671/
Laichem671/
Leikime671/
Leskeim671/
Lechkem671/

Likem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Likem in the Oriya language
ଲିେକମliekama-

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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 Likem
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