Lemezo Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lemezo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemezo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1861:284,63222,243
France21:33,211,361423,184
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lemezo Last Name Facts

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

Lemezo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemezo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,222,957th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. Lemezo occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Lemezo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 284,632. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 97 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 2 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lemezio922/
Lemeza83867/
Lomezo836/
Lemizo832/
Lemazo832/
Lemeso832/
Lemedjo77113/
Lemesso7711/
Lemieza779/
Lemegio774/
Lemecho773/
Hlemeza772/
Lejmeza771/
Lemesho771/
Lemazou771/
Lemecio771/
Hlemeso771/
Leameso771/
Lemesco771/
Lemesios7115/
Lemmesso712/
Lemessoh711/
Lemeijoi711/
Limiezoi711/
Lemesa679,281/
Lemiso673,468/
Limeso67192/
Lemaso6796/
Lameza6789/
Lemosa6735/
Lamizo6725/
Lemaza6717/
Lamazo6717/
Limeza678/
Lemijo677/
Lemeja676/
Lomazo675/
Lemoso673/
Lemiza673/
Lemico672/
Lemessoud671/
Lomeza671/
Lomozo671/
Lemexa671/

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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 Lemezo
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