Lereh Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Lereh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 103 | 1:201,641 | 20,774 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Lereh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lereh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lereh is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lereh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,795,579th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Lereh live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 201,641. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 65 percent are found, Centre Region, where 24 percent are found and West Region, where 7 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Lereh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lereh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lereh surname declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Lereh
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