Lepau Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Lepau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 81 | 1:25,093 | 5,019 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lepau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lepau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lepau occurs most in Lesotho. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lepau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lepau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,943,350th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. Lepau occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Lepau are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 25,093. In Lesotho Lepau is most frequent in: Maseru District, where 98 percent are found, Berea District, where 1 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 1 percent are found. Not including Lesotho it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 8 percent are found and American Samoa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Lepau
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