Lemesa Surname
Approximately 9,281 people bear this surname
Lemesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9,176 | 1:10,631 | 1,583 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Latvia | 20 | 1:102,502 | 14,510 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Lemesa (24,073) may also be a first name.
Lemesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lemesa (Oriya: େଲେମସା) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lemesa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 54,818th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 785,211 people. The surname Lemesa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemesa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 32,949th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 24,073 people.
The surname Lemesa is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 9,176 people, or 1 in 10,631. Excluding Ethiopia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Latvia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemesa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemesa in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲେମସା | elemasa | - |
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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 Lemesa
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