Lemela Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Lemela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 48 | 1:4,459,882 | 118,224 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Lemelä (4) & Léméla (1) are calculated separately.
Lemela (92) may also be a first name.
Lemela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lemela has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also occur as: Lemelä or Léméla. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,168,711th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Lemela are found; 63 percent are found in South America and 63 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 992,070th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 92 people.
Lemela is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 4,459,882. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 94 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Brazil Lemela is found in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Lemela
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