Lesarwa Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Lesarwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lesarwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana281:78,10513,263
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Lesarwa (11) may also be a first name.

Lesarwa Last Name Facts

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

Lesarwa is more commonly found in Botswana than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesarwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lesarwa is the 3,274,477th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Lesarwa reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.

The last name Lesarwa is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 78,105. Beside Botswana this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lesarwe861/
Lecarwa861/
Lesearbeau712/
Lasarua712/
Loserway670/
Loishorwa63328/
Laishorwa631/
Loisherwa631/
Lisarbe576/
Lisarve576/
Lazarua573/
Lisarby571/
Lisarue571/
Lecharvo5330/
Liazarua531/
Lizarzuay5099/
Loichorwa502/

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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 Lesarwa
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