Lerato Forename

14,256th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 67,783 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lerato Forename User-submission:

A Sotho name meaning 'love'.

- Africtionary

Lerato Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
 
84%
55,8571:976107
Lesotho
 
74%
9,1961:22213
Botswana
 
97%
1,0131:2,156383
England
 
88%
4411:126,0844,410
Swaziland-3841:3,386687
Poland-2361:161,1323,078
Zimbabwe
 
73%
2161:71,4075,649
Malawi
 
80%
1481:115,6246,115
Namibia-1261:19,0811,783
United States
100%
441:8,239,47788,298
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Scotland-201:267,5184,251
Wales
100%
81:386,7895,520
Norway-81:641,54110,538
Nigeria
100%
81:22,195,545185,172
Canada-61:5,522,22952,759
Thailand
100%
41:17,516,453200,944
Germany-41:24,169,46959,466
Indonesia-41:64,490,917960,943
Brazil-31:71,412,051442,691
Ireland-31:1,547,8407,573
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Malaysia-11:30,449,940373,101
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737

Lerato (467) may also be a surname.

Lerato Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Sotho name meaning 'love'.

- Africtionary
- cgroenewald

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