Lemuta Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lemuta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemuta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1211:381,65221,791
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Lemuta (30) may also be a first name.

Lemuta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lemuta is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemuta? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,637,889th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname Lemuta occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lemuta are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lemuta is also the 1,911,214th most common first name internationally, held by 30 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 381,652. In Kenya Lemuta is primarily concentrated in: Narok County, where 98 percent live, Kajiado County, where 1 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lemouta922/
Lehmusta865/
Lemita831,129/
Lamuta83117/
Lomuta8329/
Lemuti834/
Lemota832/
Limuta831/
Lemuto831/
Lemute831/
Lamutay77105/
Lomutai7738/
Limutau7730/
Lamuita778/
Lomutaa774/
Lemutti772/
Lamauta772/
Lemeute771/
Lemitta771/
Lemutie771/
Lemoute771/
Lehmusto71169/
Lemoutio7119/
Lemoutou7113/
Lemeuthe718/
Lehmuste712/
Lemouthe711/
Lomuthai711/
Lemuster711/
Lemoto671,143/
Lomuto67610/
Lamita67536/
Limota67380/
Limuti67209/
Lomita67169/
Limita6720/
Lemoti6716/
Lamuto6713/
Lemote678/
Lemito675/
Limuto671/
Limute671/
Leymuster670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lemuta
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