Leremi Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Leremi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leremi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1771:306,08929,333
England11:55,718,059489,080

Leremi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leremi is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leremi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leremi is the 1,281,391st most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Leremi reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 306,089. In South Africa Leremi is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 45 percent are found, Gauteng, where 43 percent are found and North West, where 6 percent are found. Other than South Africa it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found.

Leremi Last Name Statistics demography

Leremi earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.42% less than the national average, earning R 155,832 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leremei921/
Leremie921/
Leremit921/
Liremi83221/
Lerema8381/
Lereme8354/
Laremi8324/
Leremy8312/
Lerimi835/
Loremi832/
Leromi831/
Loremoi77170/
Hlerema77135/
Letremy7743/
Loremie774/
Llerema772/
Llerimi771/
Lerehma771/
Loremei771/
Leremma771/
Lierami771/
Leremme771/
Larremie710/
Larami67345/
Larimi67196/
Lerime6775/
Loreme6769/
Lerima6712/
Lerome678/
Lareme675/
Loremy673/
Laromi672/
Leramy672/
Lirema671/
Lorimi671/
Laremy670/

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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 Leremi
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