Lesapo Surname

318,071st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lesapo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lesapo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0331:52,4476,627
Lesotho1421:14,3143,144
England11:55,718,059489,080
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Lesapo (28) may also be a first name.

Lesapo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lesapo is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesapo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lesapo is the 318,071st most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 6,191,628 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lesapo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lesapo is also the 1,994,417th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 28 people.

Lesapo is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 1,033 people, or 1 in 52,447. In South Africa Lesapo is mostly found in: Free State, where 40 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 18 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 12 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Lesapo Last Name Statistics demography

Lesapo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.58% less than the national average, earning R 100,812 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Letsapo92616/
Lesapho926/
Lets'apo861/
Lisapo83379/
Lesepo8334/
Lasapo8330/
Lesapa8322/
Lsaupo831/
Letsapa771,851/
Leshapa77132/
Lecapoy7710/
Lesopoy778/
Liesapa776/
Lisapho772/
Laesapa771/
Lsapa731/
Loshapoi714/
Leshapha713/
Loshapoo711/
Lasapa6786/
Lisapa6733/
Lasopo6725/
Lasepo677/
Lesepa676/
Lisopo674/
Lezepo674/
Lejapa673/
Lesopa673/
Lechapois672/
Lazepo672/
Losopo671/
Lisepo671/
Losapa671/

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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 Lesapo
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