Lemo Surname
Approximately 5,747 people bear this surname
Lemo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,006 | 1:73,439 | 8,576 |
| Egypt | 976 | 1:94,196 | 8,120 |
| Argentina | 849 | 1:50,346 | 4,256 |
| Uganda | 625 | 1:62,463 | 7,168 |
| Nigeria | 378 | 1:468,632 | 23,688 |
| Cameroon | 334 | 1:62,183 | 7,947 |
| Indonesia | 202 | 1:654,699 | 51,269 |
| Venezuela | 193 | 1:156,498 | 4,745 |
| Brazil | 182 | 1:1,176,233 | 40,779 |
| Botswana | 160 | 1:13,668 | 2,650 |
| Croatia | 118 | 1:35,836 | 7,286 |
| Papua New Guinea | 115 | 1:70,902 | 9,258 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 80 | 1:17,050 | 2,088 |
| United States | 60 | 1:6,040,982 | 292,121 |
| Philippines | 58 | 1:1,745,487 | 112,199 |
| Chile | 52 | 1:338,778 | 9,521 |
| Iran | 40 | 1:1,919,563 | 69,574 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Bhutan | 28 | 1:22,001 | 482 |
| Uruguay | 27 | 1:127,102 | 11,684 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Albania | 10 | 1:291,406 | 15,585 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 1:707,280 | 14,781 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Lemo (5,803) may also be a first name.
Lemo Demographics
Lemo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lemo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lemo (Georgian: ლემო, Russian: Лемо, Tibetan: གླེ་མོ།) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemo? popularity and diffusion
Lemo is the 84,113th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,268,061 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Lemo reside; 23 percent reside in South America and 20 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 87,555th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 5,803 people.
The surname Lemo is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,006 people, or 1 in 73,439. Apart from The DR Congo it exists in 74 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 17 percent are found and Argentina, where 15 percent are found.
Lemo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lemo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lemo last name rose 600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lemo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Lemo last name are 35.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.89% registered with the party.
The amount Lemo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.29% less than the national average, earning R 96,732 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.25% more than the national average, earning $24,120,600 COP per year and in United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemo in the Georgian language | ||
| ლემო | lemo | - |
| Lemo in the Tibetan language | ||
| གླེ་མོ། | lemo | 91.62 |
| གླེ་མོ་ | lemo | 2.56 |
| གླེག་མོ། | lekmo | 0.68 |
| ལས་མོ། | lemo | 0.68 |
| ལྷ་མོ། | lhamo | 0.68 |
| ལེགས་མོ། | lekmo | 0.51 |
| གླེ་མོ | lemo | 0.34 |
| ལེ་མོ། | lemo | 0.34 |
| གླེམོ། | lemo | 0.34 |
| གླེན་མོ། | lenmo | 0.34 |
| གླེང་མོ། | lengmo | 0.34 |
| དཡེ་མོ། | dayémo | 0.17 |
| གླེ་་མོ། | lémo | 0.17 |
| གླེ་ལོ། | lélo | 0.17 |
| གྲེ་མོ། | dremo | 0.17 |
| བློན་མོ། | lönmo | 0.17 |
| ཀླེ་མོ། | lemo | 0.17 |
| ལེས་མོ། | lemo | 0.17 |
| བླན་མོ། | lenmo | 0.17 |
| གླེང་མགོ། | lenggo | 0.17 |
| Lemo in the Russian language | ||
| Лемо | lemo | - |
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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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- 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 Lemo
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