Lemus Surname
Approximately 176,841 people bear this surname
Lemus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 45,099 | 1:2,752 | 390 |
| Guatemala | 36,265 | 1:443 | 76 |
| El Salvador | 21,737 | 1:292 | 60 |
| United States | 19,092 | 1:18,985 | 2,387 |
| Colombia | 17,629 | 1:2,710 | 493 |
| Honduras | 15,548 | 1:567 | 136 |
| Venezuela | 6,601 | 1:4,576 | 593 |
| Chile | 4,783 | 1:3,683 | 538 |
| Cuba | 4,752 | 1:2,425 | 356 |
| Spain | 1,634 | 1:28,612 | 2,945 |
| Ecuador | 658 | 1:24,173 | 3,222 |
| Argentina | 583 | 1:73,316 | 6,236 |
| Belize | 360 | 1:987 | 223 |
| Canada | 299 | 1:123,229 | 12,908 |
| Nicaragua | 270 | 1:22,300 | 1,019 |
| Bolivia | 252 | 1:42,129 | 2,468 |
| Panama | 241 | 1:16,233 | 1,179 |
| Philippines | 191 | 1:530,043 | 60,758 |
| Uruguay | 154 | 1:22,284 | 2,585 |
| Dominican Republic | 116 | 1:89,939 | 4,002 |
| Brazil | 101 | 1:2,119,548 | 66,584 |
| France | 101 | 1:657,651 | 84,833 |
| Costa Rica | 80 | 1:59,751 | 1,275 |
| Peru | 70 | 1:454,059 | 13,591 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Puerto Rico | 12 | 1:295,845 | 2,647 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Lémus (10), Lemús (2) & Lèmus (1) are calculated separately.
Lemus (473) may also be a first name.
Lemus Demographics
Average Male Lemus Height
171.53 cm
Average Female Lemus Height
158.16 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lemus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemus (Marathi: लेमॅस, Russian: Лемус) is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Lémus, Lemús or Lèmus. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lemus is the 3,191st most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,210 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Lemus live; 42 percent live in Central America and 42 percent live in Hispano-Central America. Lemus is also the 391,396th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 473 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Mexico, where it is borne by 45,099 people, or 1 in 2,752. In Mexico it is primarily concentrated in: Michoacán, where 24 percent reside, México, where 15 percent reside and Guanajuato, where 10 percent reside. Beside Mexico this last name exists in 68 countries. It is also found in Guatemala, where 21 percent reside and El Salvador, where 12 percent reside.
Lemus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lemus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lemus surname expanded 190,920 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lemus Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lemus surname are 42.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.57% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lemus earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.08% more than the national average, earning 446,717 kr per year; in Peru they earn 22.84% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,958 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.63% less than the national average, earning $22,332,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.25% less than the national average, earning $35,704 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.29% less than the national average, earning $41,591 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemus in the Marathi language | ||
| लेमॅस | lemesa | 50 |
| लेमस | lemasa | 50 |
| Lemus in the Russian language | ||
| Лемус | lemus | - |
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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 Lemus
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