Lemessa Surname

35,622nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,829 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Lemessa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemessa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia14,8101:6,5871,046
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Lemessa (12,028) may also be a first name.

Lemessa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lemessa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lemessa is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemessa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 35,622nd most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 491,439 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemessa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Lemessa is also the 54,071st most common first name internationally, held by 12,028 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 14,810 people, or 1 in 6,587. Not including Ethiopia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Lemessa Last Name Statistics demography

Lemessa earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.03% more than the national average, earning $59,125 USD per year.

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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 Lemessa
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