Lemesi Surname
Approximately 405 people bear this surname
Lemesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lemesi (54) may also be a first name.
Lemesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemesi is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemesi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 719,876th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,993,941 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Lemesi live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lemesi is also the 1,350,955th most widely held first name globally, held by 54 people.
The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Not including Malawi Lemesi is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 5 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemesis | 92 | 30 | / |
| Lemesie | 92 | 3 | / |
| Lemese | 83 | 95 | / |
| Limesi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lemisi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lemeji | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lemegi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lemežis | 77 | 147 | / |
| Lemezhi | 77 | 31 | / |
| Lemezis | 77 | 30 | / |
| Lemeuse | 77 | 10 | / |
| Lemejis | 77 | 7 | / |
| Lemedji | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lemežys | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lemeges | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lemezys | 77 | 1 | / |
| Limesis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lemezhis | 71 | 4 | / |
| Letmesee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lemeijoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Letmesea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lemherzi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lemeiziz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lemeza | 67 | 867 | / |
| Limisi | 67 | 600 | / |
| Leemeijer | 67 | 180 | / |
| Lemise | 67 | 68 | / |
| Lemege | 67 | 35 | / |
| Limese | 67 | 34 | / |
| Lemyze | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lemisy | 67 | 12 | / |
| Lemize | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lemeze | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lemiza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lemice | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lemici | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leßmeiser | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemyse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemizi | 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
- 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 Lemesi
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