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
The last name Lemesi has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemesi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 719,876th most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Lemesi reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most common forename in the world, borne by 54 people.
It is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Other than Malawi it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
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
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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 Lemesi
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