Lentswe Surname

196,943rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Lentswe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lentswe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0961:49,4326,281
Botswana1,0261:2,132222
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Lentswe (1,169) may also be a first name.

Lentswe Last Name Facts

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

Lentswe is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lentswe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 196,943rd most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,426,209 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lentswe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 232,342nd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 1,169 people.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,096 people, or 1 in 49,432. In South Africa it is most common in: North West, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 21 percent reside and Free State, where 3 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 48 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Lentswe Last Name Statistics demography

Lentswe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.19% less than the national average, earning R 135,000 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lentswi867/
Lentshwi806/
Lencwe77467/
Lenchwe7139/
Lintswi7112/
Lintsoue679/
Lenzue6239/
Lencue6210/
Lincwe623/
Lenzwi621/
Linchwe57239/
Lendsby570/

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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 Lentswe
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