Lerato Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lerato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lerato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana1541:14,2012,743
Lesotho1471:13,8273,053
South Africa1341:404,31135,545
England161:3,482,379114,324
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Lerato (67,783) may also be a first name.

Lerato Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lerato is more frequently found in Botswana than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerato? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 648,005th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 15,605,023 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Lerato reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 14,256th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 67,783 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Botswana, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 14,201. Barring Botswana it exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 31 percent are found and South Africa, where 29 percent are found.

Lerato Last Name Statistics demography

Lerato earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 707.17% more than the national average, earning R 1,918,140 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Letrato9236/
Lerauto924/
Lierato922/
Lerrato921/
Leraato921/
Lettrato861/
Leuratto861/
Lerata832,386/
Leroto8366/
Lirato8361/
Litrato7715/
Lerooto774/
Lerotho773/
Leratha773/
Lerhoto771/
Lirrato771/
Lieratta711/
Leurotto711/
Lereatha710/
Lerota6736/
Lirata673/
Lerotha62372/
L'Hirata572/

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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 Lerato
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