Lesefa Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lesefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lesefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho2901:7,0091,503
South Africa951:570,29244,274

Lesefa (25) may also be a first name.

Lesefa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lesefa is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lesefa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 746,827th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lesefa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 25 people.

The surname Lesefa is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 290 people, or 1 in 7,009. In Lesotho Lesefa is mostly concentrated in: Mokhotlong District, where 73 percent live, Butha-Buthe District, where 11 percent live and Leribe District, where 9 percent live. Besides Lesotho it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent live.

Lesefa Last Name Statistics demography

Lesefa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.48% less than the national average, earning R 105,804 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Losefa8310/
Lesifa837/
Lesefi836/
Lesefe832/
Lesefo831/
Lesofa831/
Lesoffa771/
Lasefah771/
Lishefay7167/
Lyshefai7110/
Lisafa67116/
Lesifi6738/
Lesife6733/
Leiseifer6731/
Lasifa6728/
Losafa6727/
Lasafa676/
Lesyfi673/
Lesofo671/
Lsafah671/
Lisefe671/

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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 Lesefa
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