Lefotha Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Lefotha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 19 | 1:106,977 | 11,319 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Lefotha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lefotha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lefotha is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lefotha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Lefotha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lefotha are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 106,977. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Quthing District, where 68 percent are found, Maseru District, where 26 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lefotho | 86 | 52 | / |
| Lefutha | 86 | 15 | / |
| Lefothe | 86 | 3 | / |
| Lefatha | 86 | 3 | / |
| Lephotha | 80 | 11 | / |
| Lefotihe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lefata | 77 | 530 | / |
| Lefeta | 77 | 487 | / |
| Lofota | 77 | 198 | / |
| Lafota | 77 | 35 | / |
| Lefuta | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lifota | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lefuthahe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Laffottha | 75 | 0 | / |
| Lefouti | 71 | 203 | / |
| Lefouty | 71 | 63 | / |
| Lifouta | 71 | 60 | / |
| Lephota | 71 | 13 | / |
| Lefathe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Lefatho | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lifutha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lefetho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lephutha | 67 | 242 | / |
| Lephotho | 67 | 192 | / |
| Lephothe | 67 | 54 | / |
| Lephetha | 67 | 54 | / |
| Laphetha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lefoster | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lefoiter | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lefotha
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