Lerumo Surname

209,791st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,969 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Lerumo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lerumo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,7481:30,9943,983
Botswana1321:16,5683,236
Lesotho811:25,0935,019
England61:9,286,343223,652
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lerumo (224) may also be a first name.

Lerumo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lerumo is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerumo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 209,791st most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,701,141 people. The surname Lerumo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lerumo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lerumo is also the 601,629th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 224 people.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,748 people, or 1 in 30,994. In South Africa Lerumo is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 42 percent reside, Limpopo, where 26 percent reside and North West, where 20 percent reside. Besides South Africa Lerumo occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 7 percent reside and Lesotho, where 4 percent reside.

Lerumo Last Name Statistics demography

Lerumo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.9% less than the national average, earning R 171,348 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lirumo83280/
Leruma8334/
Larumo8318/
Leromo8310/
Lerimo834/
Lorumo832/
Larumoi771/
Leroma67161/
Lorimo67123/
Larimo6759/
Laruma6733/
Liruma6723/
Lerima6712/
Loruma679/
Lirimo671/
Lyrimo671/
Leurima62596/
Hlerima6226/
Leerima6213/
Laarimo6213/
Larrimo621/
Leromah621/
Lorimoi621/
Llorimo621/
Lehrima621/
Leirimaa5744/
Leerimaa578/
Liarouma571/
Larrimoo571/
Lorima50114/
Larima5052/
Lirima5020/

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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 Lerumo
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