Lempe Surname
Approximately 2,761 people bear this surname
Lempe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,189 | 1:45,566 | 5,821 |
| Lesotho | 720 | 1:2,823 | 445 |
| Germany | 514 | 1:156,625 | 18,707 |
| Brazil | 103 | 1:2,078,392 | 65,524 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Poland | 36 | 1:1,055,799 | 73,637 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Latvia | 10 | 1:205,005 | 22,061 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
The alternate forms: Lempê (2) & Lempé (2) are calculated separately.
Lempe (338) may also be a first name.
Lempe Demographics
Average Lempe Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lempe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lempe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lempe (Oriya: େଲେ) is most common in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms: Lempê or Lempé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lempe? popularity and diffusion
Lempe is the 158,259th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,639,459 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 70 percent of Lempe reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 475,334th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 338 people.
The surname Lempe is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,189 people, or 1 in 45,566. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 44 percent are found, Free State, where 23 percent are found and North West, where 22 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 26 percent are found and Germany, where 19 percent are found.
Lempe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lempe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lempe last name increased 178 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lempe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lempe surname are 16.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.16% being registered with the party.
The amount Lempe earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.69% less than the national average, earning R 157,584 per year and in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lempe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lempe in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲେ | ele | - |
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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 Lempe
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