Lelesi Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Lelesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 121 | 1:67,386 | 8,792 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
Lelesi (178) may also be a first name.
Lelesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lelesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lelesi is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lelesi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lelesi is the 1,409,418th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Lelesi are found; 79 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 79 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Lelesi is also the 683,417th most common first name internationally It is held by 178 people.
It is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 67,386. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: National Capital District, where 40 percent reside, Gulf, where 26 percent reside and Milne Bay, where 16 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea Lelesi occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lelesit | 92 | 1,453 | / |
| Hlelesi | 92 | 246 | / |
| Leslesi | 92 | 181 | / |
| Leelesi | 92 | 3 | / |
| Lelesie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lelesai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lealesi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hlehlesi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Leleji | 83 | 786 | / |
| Lelezi | 83 | 203 | / |
| Lelegi | 83 | 133 | / |
| Lelese | 83 | 13 | / |
| Leleci | 83 | 7 | / |
| Lelesy | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lleleji | 77 | 21 | / |
| Lelisie | 77 | 16 | / |
| Lelegit | 77 | 6 | / |
| Hlelisi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lelhese | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leleizi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leelisi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hlehlisi | 71 | 404 | / |
| Legliese | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lelaisoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lelise | 67 | 3,865 | / |
| Leliza | 67 | 320 | / |
| Lelege | 67 | 36 | / |
| Lilisi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Leleza | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lelice | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leilaisis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leligi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leleje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leleze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lelize | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lelezy | 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 Lelesi
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