Lekosa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Lekosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Lekosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lekosa is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekosa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Lekosa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekosa reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 1,016,279. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Leribe District, where 50 percent reside and Thaba-Tseka District, where 50 percent reside. Beside Lesotho Lekosa is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Lekosa
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