Lerema Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Lerema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 53 | 1:38,350 | 6,671 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lerema (85) may also be a first name.
Lerema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lerema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lerema is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lerema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,091,648th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name Lerema is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Lerema live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 85 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 38,350. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 60 percent live, Leribe District, where 25 percent live and Mohale's Hoek District, where 9 percent live. Beside Lesotho Lerema is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hlerema | 92 | 135 | / |
| Leremah | 92 | 26 | / |
| Leresma | 92 | 9 | / |
| Llerema | 92 | 2 | / |
| Lerehma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Leremat | 92 | 1 | / |
| Leremma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Laeraema | 86 | 5 | / |
| Lleremas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lorema | 83 | 809 | / |
| Lerama | 83 | 490 | / |
| Leremi | 83 | 178 | / |
| Leroma | 83 | 161 | / |
| Larema | 83 | 149 | / |
| Lereme | 83 | 54 | / |
| Leremo | 83 | 30 | / |
| Lerima | 83 | 12 | / |
| Leremy | 83 | 12 | / |
| Lirema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Laeraemah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leurima | 77 | 596 | / |
| Leramah | 77 | 213 | / |
| Lerisma | 77 | 88 | / |
| Letremy | 77 | 43 | / |
| Laraema | 77 | 29 | / |
| Leresmo | 77 | 27 | / |
| Hlerima | 77 | 26 | / |
| Leerima | 77 | 13 | / |
| Laerama | 77 | 6 | / |
| Loremay | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lorrema | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lesrima | 77 | 3 | / |
| Llarema | 77 | 2 | / |
| Leremme | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leromah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leremei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Liarema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leremie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lariema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lehrima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leramma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leremit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lereamo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Loreima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leirimaa | 71 | 44 | / |
| Leerimaa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Lherisma | 71 | 5 | / |
| Lehrayma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leramo | 67 | 1,251 | / |
| Larama | 67 | 406 | / |
| Liremi | 67 | 221 | / |
| Lorima | 67 | 114 | / |
| Lerime | 67 | 75 | / |
| Loremo | 67 | 63 | / |
| Laroma | 67 | 54 | / |
| Larima | 67 | 52 | / |
| Liremo | 67 | 27 | / |
| Loroma | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lirima | 67 | 20 | / |
| Lirama | 67 | 12 | / |
| Leromo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lyremo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lorama | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lerimi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Laremo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lerimo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lherismat | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Lerema
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