Lemo Surname

84,113th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,747 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Botswana

Lemo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,0061:73,4398,576
Egypt9761:94,1968,120
Argentina8491:50,3464,256
Uganda6251:62,4637,168
Nigeria3781:468,63223,688
Cameroon3341:62,1837,947
Indonesia2021:654,69951,269
Venezuela1931:156,4984,745
Brazil1821:1,176,23340,779
Botswana1601:13,6682,650
Croatia1181:35,8367,286
Papua New Guinea1151:70,9029,258
Trinidad and Tobago801:17,0502,088
United States601:6,040,982292,121
Philippines581:1,745,487112,199
Chile521:338,7789,521
Iran401:1,919,56369,574
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Bhutan281:22,001482
Uruguay271:127,10211,684
England261:2,143,00282,017
Pakistan161:11,165,24351,703
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Niger131:1,476,30930,154
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Albania101:291,40615,585
Congo91:554,34412,633
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
France51:13,284,544357,392
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
Bosnia and Herzegovina51:707,28014,781
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Samoa41:48,452659
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Lemo (5,803) may also be a first name.

Lemo Last Name Facts

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

Lemo (Georgian: ლემო, Russian: Лемо, Tibetan: གླེ་མོ།) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 84,113th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,268,061 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Lemo are found; 23 percent are found in South America and 20 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 87,555th most frequently held forename world-wide It is held by 5,803 people.

This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,006 people, or 1 in 73,439. Barring The DR Congo this last name is found in 74 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 17 percent reside and Argentina, where 15 percent reside.

Lemo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lemo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lemo surname increased 600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lemo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Lemo surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States Lemo are 35.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 88.89% registered to vote for 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lemos89286,167/
Lemou8910,743/
Lesmo891,908/
Lemmo891,826/
Leamo89504/
Lemgo89462/
Lemoi89452/
Lemot89398/
Lemoa89391/
Lemoy89280/
Lemoh89160/
Liemo89149/
Leumo8998/
Loemo8983/
Lemod8981/
Leemo8967/
Lemoz8938/
Leimo8934/
Laemo8913/
Lehmo897/
Hlemo896/
Lemoo893/
Llemo892/
Leymo891/
Lhemo891/
Lemoj891/
Lemho891/
Llemos801,180/
Lemoux80279/
Lemois80201/
Lemott80128/
Lemmou8050/
Lemoch8050/
Leumou8047/
Lemoud8028/
Lemoss8021/
Laemoh8021/
Lemmos8019/
Lemous8015/
Leemoh8012/
Lemmoh809/
Leamoa809/
Liemoa808/
Letmoy806/
Leismo806/
Leamos805/
Leimoo804/
L'Lemo804/
Lemout803/
Leemoy803/
Letmoi803/
Lesmos803/
Leameo802/
Lemoos802/
Lemmot802/
Lemoht802/
Lemotz802/
Lemouh802/
Leymos802/
Leamot801/
Leemou801/
Lemouz801/
Leemos801/
Lyaemo801/
Leimoh801/
Lehmou801/
Leimou801/
Lemosz801/
Leymot801/
Liemoo801/
Liemou801/
Gliemo801/
Lemosh801/
Lemooh801/
Lema75218,879/
Limo7526,354/
Lamo7511,632/
Lomo759,587/
Lymo751,680/
Lömo751/
Lemoult73681/
Lehmoud73224/
Gliemmo73182/
D'Lemos7334/
Lemouth7321/
Lemmouh7319/
Leamous7312/
Lemoust7311/
Lemmous732/
Lemosch732/
Lemmott731/
Lemouss731/
Leimoha731/
Lleamos731/
Lllemos731/
Leimood731/
Leamoth731/
Lesmots731/
Lemmoud731/
Lemohie731/
Leymous730/
Lemma67163,236/
Lhamo6724,190/
Leima678,653/
Limos675,426/
Llamo674,125/
Laema673,601/
Leema671,550/
Liema671,452/
Lemas67938/
Lemah67818/
Lesma67779/
Leama67640/
Limot67637/
Llema67563/
Lemau67447/
Laimo67442/
Leyma67426/
Lamoy67381/
Limod67328/
Lamoo67318/
Limou67290/
Limoh67263/
Lemat67245/
Liomo67189/
Liamo67176/
Lamoh67175/
Limoi67126/
Lomoi67126/
Hlomo6797/
Laamo6796/
Lammo6793/
Limoa6792/
Leuma6782/
Lomoh6768/
Loimo6767/
Lamoi6761/
Limmo6757/
Lemha6757/
Letma6756/
Lahmo6754/
Litmo6748/
Lamuo6746/
Llomo6746/
Lemeu6741/
Limoo6738/
Lommo6735/
Lismo6725/
Limoy6724/
Hlema6722/
Lyomo6721/
Lysmo6719/
Lemad6717/
Lemga6717/
Llimo6716/
Lemap6716/
Limoj6715/
Lehma6714/
Lomoo6713/
Limgo6712/
Lamho6710/
Limoz678/
Loema677/
Leïma676/
Limho675/
Lomoy675/
Lhomo674/
Lemaa674/
Lemaz673/
Laymo673/
Lémos672/
Lyhmo671/
Lohmo671/
Lihmo671/
Lemaâ671/
Ljåmo671/
Lomoș671/
Luimo671/
Lémou671/
Leemhois671/
Lemodowa671/
Hlamo671/
Leimmott670/

Lemo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lemo in the Georgian language
ლემოlemo-
Lemo in the Tibetan language
གླེ་མོ།lemo91.62
གླེ་མོ་lemo2.56
གླེག་མོ།lekmo0.68
ལས་མོ།lemo0.68
ལྷ་མོ།lhamo0.68
ལེགས་མོ།lekmo0.51
གླེ་མོlemo0.34
ལེ་མོ།lemo0.34
གླེམོ།lemo0.34
གླེན་མོ།lenmo0.34
གླེང་མོ།lengmo0.34
དཡེ་མོ།dayémo0.17
གླེ་་མོ།lémo0.17
གླེ་ལོ།lélo0.17
གྲེ་མོ།dremo0.17
བློན་མོ།lönmo0.17
ཀླེ་མོ།lemo0.17
ལེས་མོ།lemo0.17
བླན་མོ།lenmo0.17
གླེང་མགོ།lenggo0.17
Lemo in the Russian language
Лемоlemo-

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