Lemes Surname
Approximately 93,358 people bear this surname
Lemes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 86,520 | 1:2,474 | 236 |
| Argentina | 2,523 | 1:16,942 | 1,472 |
| Uruguay | 1,490 | 1:2,303 | 271 |
| Spain | 1,075 | 1:43,490 | 4,147 |
| Cuba | 759 | 1:15,181 | 1,076 |
| United States | 301 | 1:1,204,183 | 85,676 |
| Indonesia | 241 | 1:548,752 | 44,260 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Paraguay | 62 | 1:116,722 | 2,610 |
| Colombia | 51 | 1:936,747 | 8,990 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Denmark | 30 | 1:188,157 | 15,676 |
| Chile | 20 | 1:880,824 | 18,509 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 | 1:392,934 | 13,307 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Lemeš (955), Lemés (1) & Lemeş (1) are calculated separately.
Lemes (211) may also be a first name.
Lemes Demographics
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Lemes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lemes (Marathi: लेमोस, Russian: Лемес) is most common in Brazil. It may also be rendered as a variant: Lemeš, Lemés or Lemeş. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lemes.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,051st most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 78,060 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Lemes reside; 97 percent reside in South America and 93 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 622,565th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 211 people.
This surname is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 86,520 people, or 1 in 2,474. In Brazil Lemes is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 28 percent live, Paraná, where 15 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 14 percent live. Excluding Brazil it is found in 60 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 3 percent live and Uruguay, where 2 percent live.
Lemes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lemes has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 4,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lemes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lemes surname are 40.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.75% registered with the political party.
The amount Lemes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 20.05% more than the national average, earning $27,254,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.62% less than the national average, earning $42,018 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.21% less than the national average, earning $32,687 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemes in the Marathi language | ||
| लेमोस | lemosa | - |
| Lemes in the Russian language | ||
| Лемес | lemes | - |
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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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- 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 Lemes
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