Lekia

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Lekia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.7M(measured from records)
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 361K
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 485K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈590 people, est.

Sources
109 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 361K (inferred from the name graph)

Nigeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lekia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Lekia is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈590 est.≈1 in 361K—Lekia17
US United States1921 in 1.7M186Lekia109
GH Ghana≈44 est.≈1 in 665K—Lekia3
GB United Kingdom≈21 est.≈1 in 3.1M—Lekia24
IT Italy≈18 est.≈1 in 3.5M—Lekia1
JM Jamaica≈6 est.≈1 in 485K—Lekia1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lekia is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Lékia

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lekiã

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Lekia
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020186#39,388
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198420—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198320—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198218—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198815—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198015—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197815—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198114—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199013—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198512—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197710—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19879—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Lekia a male or female name?
Lekia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Lekia have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 593 people named Lekia in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lekia.
How common is the name Lekia?
In the United States, the national register counted 192 people named Lekia in 2020, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lekia”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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